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I should've learned how to tap dance.

5 seconds sound clip from the They Shoot Horses, Don't They? movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:16:31 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Harry was decorated in that war for wounds received in action, but that's not all.

- I know Harry wouldn't want me to tell you this, but right now, at this moment, there are 32 pieces of shrapnel still embedded in Harry's body. 32!

- And here he is fighting another kind of war and fighting to win.

- Isn't that the kind of grit and never-say-die spirit that's made this a great country? It is, isn't it? You bet it is!

- And I really mean that sincerely, folks, from the bottom of my heart.

- I should've learned how to tap dance.

- You okay?

- Hope I don't start lugging' on ya.

- You ain't never lugged on me.

- Just keep thinkin' about the seven meals a day they gonna be feeding us.

- Can you feel that?

- What?

- The ocean. The waves... you can feel them right through the floor. Even when you're long ways away from it, you can still feel it sometimes.

- Not where I'm from.

- Where's that?

- Around. Kansas. Texas mostly-Dallas.

- That must've been nice.

- Nice?

- Well, I've never actually been through there, but that's the way it always seemed to me.

[...]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Sound Clip

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? poster

Memorable quotes from the classic Depression-era film, featuring short sound clips and sfx.

Actors: Jane Fonda (Gloria Beatty), Gig Young (Rocky Gravo), Michael Sarrazin (Robert Syverton), Susannah York (Alice LeBlanc), Red Buttons ("Sailor" Harry Kline), Michael Conrad (Rollo), Al Lewis (Turkey)

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