It was an improbable romance. He was a country boy. She was from the city. She had the world at her feet, while he didn't have two dimes to rub together.
14 seconds sound clip from the The Notebook (2004) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:21:56 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Well, it's a good idea, that poetry.
- I'm a Tennyson man, myself, but he likes Whitman for some reason, I don't know.
- Say, how would you like some breakfast? Would you like some breakfast?
- Yeah.
- Sure.
- Do you think in another life, I could have been a bird?
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