When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope.
7 seconds sound clip from the Groundhog Day movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:22:00.758 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Gets hard down there at the bottom.
- Come on, dad. Come on, pop. Come on, pop. Come on. Come on, breathe. Breathe, pop! Breathe, pop!
- When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope.
- Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life.
- From Punxsutawney, it's Phil Connors. So long.
- Nice speech, Phil. Very nice. Thank you.
- Thanks.
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