- Why must you deny me and yourself?
- Because I am bound to a God, and to a people and to a shepherd girl.
— Moses (Charlton Heston)
10 seconds sound clip from the The Ten Commandments (1956) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:26:30.664 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I don't believe that only the thunder of a mountain stirs your heart, as you stir mine.
- Nefretiri, I have stood in the burning light of God's own presence.
- It was not he who saved you just now. I did that.
- Oh, Moses, Moses. Why, of all men, did I fall in love with the prince of fools?
- But I believe anything you tell me when I'm in your arms.
- Why must you deny me and yourself?
- Because I am bound to a God, and to a people and to a shepherd girl.
- A shepherd girl? What can she be to you? Unless the desert sun has dulled your senses.
- Does she... grate garlic on her skin? Or is it soft as mine?
- Are her lips chafed and dry as the desert sand? Or are they moist and red like a pomegranate?
- Is it the fragrance of myrrh that scents her hair? Or is it the odor of sheep?
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