I don't know, it sounds like something you dream about at night and it would be wonderful, then you'd wake up in the morning and realize it couldn't work.
10 seconds sound clip from the Holiday Inn (1942) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:24:57 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I'll see about getting the fire ready in the living room.
- No. (2)
- Oh, it'll work, if I can sell the idea to some performers.
- They seem to think that profit sharing means taking bows on an empty stomach.
- So that's why you're not open tonight.
- Well, I'm also, sort of, particular about the kind of talent I'm gonna use.
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