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If you would stop to think for a moment, you'd realize that how inappropriate it is for one such as yourself to address as William someone such as my father.

13 seconds sound clip from the The Remains of the Day movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:15:53 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Why, I should think I was addressing your father. There are no other Williams in this house, I take it.

- True.

- May I ask you in future to address my father as Mr. Stevens? If you are speaking of him to a third party, you may wish to call him Mr. Stevens Sr. to distinguish him from myself. So I would be most grateful to you.

- I don't quite understand what you're getting at, Mr. Stevens.

- I am the housekeeper in this house, and your father is the under-butler.

- In other houses, I was accustomed to address under-servants by their Christian names.

- If you would stop to think for a moment, you'd realize that how inappropriate it is for one such as yourself to address as William someone such as my father.

- Well, I'm sure it must have been very galling for your father to be called William by one such as myself.

- All I'm saying is that my father is a person from whom if you wish to be more observant, you may learn many things.

- I'm most grateful for your advice, but do please tell me just what marvellous things might I learn from your father?

- I might point out that you're still often unsure of what goes where and which item is which.

- I'm sure Mr. Stevens Sr. is very good at his job, but I can assure you that I'm very good at mine.

- Of course.

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The Remains of the Day Sound Clip

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A selection of the most important quotes from The Remains of the Day (1993 film), featuring short sound bites.

Actors: Anthony Hopkins (Mr Stevens), Emma Thompson (Miss Kenton), Christopher Reeve (Congressman Jack Lewis), Hugh Grant (Reginald Cardinal), James Fox (Lord Darlington), Michael Lonsdale (Dupont d'Ivry)

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