In this business, you gotta be on your toes every minute, thinking, anticipating, always keeping one step ahead of the other guy.

— Whiplash Willie Gingrich (Walter Matthau)

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10 seconds sound clip from the The Fortune Cookie (1966) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:06:56 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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