Are you tall? Are you short? Are your eyes blue? Are they brown? Don't tell me. What does it matter so long as our minds meet?

— Alfred Kralik (James Stewart)

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10 seconds sound clip from the The Shop Around the Corner (1940) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:06:57.566 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Address, Dear Friend Post Office 15, Box 237.

- I know those ads. The papers are full of them.

- How long has this been going on?

- Well, we've exchanged four letters.

- Four letters?

- And she's no ordinary girl. Now listen to this.

- Are you tall? Are you short? Are your eyes blue? Are they brown? Don't tell me. What does it matter so long as our minds meet?

- That's beautiful.

- It is, isn't it?

- Mm-hmm.

- Now, wait a minute. We have enough troubles in our daily lives.

- There are so many great and beautiful things to discuss in this world of ours it would be wasting these precious moments if we told each other the vulgar details of how we earn our daily bread. So don't let's do it.

- Mr. Kralik?

- Yes, Mr. Matuschek. Yes, Mr. Matuschek.

[...]

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