They seem to think that profit sharing means taking bows on an empty stomach.
6 seconds sound clip from the Holiday Inn (1942) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:08 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.
- No, not especially. Just have my own ideas about living.
- My father was like you. Just a man with a family. Never amounted to much, didn't care.
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