- He was a very great man.
- Did you know him?
- No, I can't claim to have known him.
6 seconds sound clip from the Lawrence of Arabia movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:09:17 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Yes, sir, but about Colonel Lawrence himself.
- No, no. I didn't know him well, you know.
- Now, you must know as much about Colonel Lawrence as anybody does.
- Yes, it was my privilege to know him. And to make him known to the world.
- He was a poet, a scholar and a mighty warrior.
- He was also the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum and Bailey.
- No, I can't claim to have known him.
- I once had the honor to shake his hand in Damascus.
- Knew him? No, I never knew him. He had some minor function on my staff in Cairo.
- This is a nasty, dark, little room.
- I am. It's better than a nasty, dark, little trench.
- Then you're a big noble fellow.
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