I mean, take a look at you and me. You chose books. I chose looks.

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5 seconds sound clip from the Matilda (1996) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:35:41.491 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Her math skills are simply extraordinary. She's reading material that I...

- Oh. No, thank you, dear.

- Material that I didn't see until my second year of college.

- Great, college.

- I really feel, with private instruction that she'd be ready for college in just a few short years.

- Look, Miss Snit. A girl does not get anywhere by acting intelligent.

- I mean, take a look at you and me. You chose books. I chose looks.

- I have a nice house, a wonderful husband and you are slaving away teaching snot-nosed children their ABC's.

- You want Matilda to go to college?

- College! I didn't go to college. I don't know anybody who did. Bunch of hippies and cesspool salesmen.

- Don't sneer at educated people, Mr. Wormwood. If you became ill, heaven forbid, your doctor would be a college graduate.

- Or say you were sued for selling a faulty car. The lawyer who defended you would've gone to college too.

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I say appearance is nine-tenths of the law. People don't buy a car, they buy me. Which is why I personally take such pride in my appearance: well-oiled hair, clean shaved, snappy suit.

A book? What do you want a book for? -To read. -To read? Why would you wanna read when you got the TV set sitting right in front of you? There's nothing you can get from a book that you can't get from a television faster.

College! I didn't go to college. I don't know anybody who did. Bunch of hippies and cesspool salesmen.

You like to read? -Oh, yes, I love to read. -What do you like to read? -Everything, but lately I've been reading Darles Chickens.

Snickerdoodle, what did you do to your hair?

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Actors: Mara Wilson (Matilda Wormwood), Embeth Davidtz (Miss Honey), Danny DeVito (Harry Wormwood), Rhea Perlman (Zinnia Wormwood), Pam Ferris (Miss Trunchbull)

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