Now, Mama said there's only so much fortune a man really needs, and the rest is just for showing off.

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rich showing off social status

9 seconds sound clip from the Forrest Gump (1994) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:42:18 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Now, because I had been a football star, and a war hero, and a national celebrity, and a shrimping boat captain, and a college graduate...

- The city fathers of Greenbow, Alabama decided to get together and offered me a fine job.

- So, I never went back to work for Lieutenant Dan, though he did take care of my Bubba-Gump money.

- He got me invested in some kind of fruit company.

- And so then, I got a call from him saying we don't have to worry about money no more, and I said, That's good. One less thing.

- Now, Mama said there's only so much fortune a man really needs, and the rest is just for showing off.

- So, I gave a whole bunch of it to the Foursquare gospel church, and I gave a whole bunch to the Bayou La Batre fishing hospital.

- And even though Bubba was dead and Lieutenant Dan said I was nuts, I gave Bubba's mama Bubba's share.

- You know what? She didn't have to work in nobody's kitchen no more.

- And 'cause I was a gazillionaire and I liked doing it so much, I cut that grass for free.

- But at night time when there was nothing to do and the house was all empty, I'd always think of Jenny.

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Some years later, that nice young man from England was on his way home to see his little boy and was signing some autographs, and for no particular reason at all, somebody shot him.

But at night time when there was nothing to do and the house was all empty, I'd always think of Jenny.

That's all I have to say about that.

What, do you have a cough due to a cold?

Forrest Gump (1994) Sound Clip

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Actors: Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump), Gary Sinise (Lieutenant Dan Taylor), Robin Wright (Jenny Curran)

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