I got ambitious and that tore it, but good.

3 seconds sound clip from the The Strange Love of Martha Ivers movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:57:15.316 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Pick another subject.

- It's your turn.

- You.

- An open book.

- I went out of this town with the circus, the one you were supposed to go with.

- Made friends with the animals and lived happily ever after. Almost.

- Almost?

- Yeah.

- I got ambitious and that tore it, but good.

- I got so I wasn't satisfied just being friendly with the animals. I got so I wanted to own the animals. So I bought some animals.

- Well, my lion got the mange and gave it to the monkeys. The animals became a responsibility and a liability.

- I lost my hard-earned cash and ran like a thief out of there with a great yen to become friendly with people.

- Now in that I had some success, me being a gambler, and people being what they are.

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