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My lord, I think... I think your book is right. The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped.

13 seconds sound clip from the Lawrence of Arabia movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:48:03 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Because it has a navy. Because of this, the English go where they please and strike where they please. And this makes them great.

- Right.

- Mr. Lawrence, that will do!

- Lieutenant Lawrence, sir, is not your military adviser.

- But I would like to hear his opinion.

- Damn it, Lawrence! Who do you take your orders from?

- From Lord Feisal, in Feisal's tent.

- Old fool! Why turn from him to him? They are master and man.

- My lord, I think... I think your book is right. The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped.

- And on this ocean, the Bedu go where they please and strike where they please. This is the way the Bedu has always fought.

- You're famed throughout the world for fighting in this way. And this is the way you should fight now.

- I don't know.

- I'm sorry, sir, but you're wrong.

- Fall back on Yenbo, sir, and the Arab Rising becomes one poor unit in the British army.

- What is this to you?

[...]

Lawrence of Arabia Sound Clip

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Famous quotes from Lawrence of Arabia (1962), featuring short sound clips of the best lines.

Actors: Peter O’Toole (T. E. Lawrence), Alec Guinness (Prince Faisal), Anthony Quinn (Auda abu Tayi), Jack Hawkins (General Allenby), Omar Sharif (Sherif Ali), Claude Rains (Mr. Dryden), Arthur Kennedy (Jackson Bentley)

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