- Well, I have a feeling it won't be so hard for me to resign now.
- And belts will be worn tighter this winter.

— Macaulay Connor (James Stewart), Elizabeth Imbrie (Ruth Hussey)

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8 seconds sound clip from the The Philadelphia Story movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:41:05 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Dr. Parsons. Oh, Mr. Kittredge hasn't arrived yet, Dr. Parsons.

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- Well, I have a feeling it won't be so hard for me to resign now.

- And belts will be worn tighter this winter.

- Well, Red, I'm afraid it's the deadline.

- So is this. Listen.

- 'My dear Tracy, I want you to know that you will always be my friend, but your conduct last night was so shocking to my ideals of womanhood that...'

- No, don't go. You might as well hear it too.

- 'My attitude toward you, and the prospect of a happy and useful life together has been changed materially. Your breach of common decency...'

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