Suppose you live there your whole life and nothing happens. You never meet anybody, you never become anything and finally you die in one of those New York deaths where nobody notices for two weeks until the smell drifts into the hall.
11 seconds sound clip from the When Harry Met Sally... movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:05:26 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- That's why I'm going to New York.
- So something'll happen to you?
- Yes.
- Like I'm going to journalism school to become a reporter.
- So you can write about things that happen to other people.
- That's one way to look at it.
- Suppose nothing happens to you.
- Amanda mentioned you had a dark side.
- Sure.
- Why, don't you have a dark side?
- I know, you're probably one of those cheerful people who dot their I's with little hearts.
- I have just as much of a dark side as the next person.
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