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Movie-Sounds.org › Famous Movie Quotes › Ben-Hur (1959)

- My father was head of...
- Yes, I know. Your father is well-remembered. Fine governor. If there can be such a thing in this forsaken land.

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9 seconds sound clip from the Ben-Hur (1959) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:18:09.363 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- When I was a boy, I dreamed of commanding this garrison.

- Now the wheel has turned. I am in command.

- Attention! Aisle one, face right! Forward!

- I'd forgotten the heat.

- If it were only the heat.

- I lived here until I was 14. Jerusalem was my home.

- My father was head of...

- Yes, I know. Your father is well-remembered. Fine governor. If there can be such a thing in this forsaken land.

- If you want to rise, Sextus, do the difficult.

- I asked to be sent here.

- I think you'll find the people changed since you were a boy.

- In what way?

- Oh, won't pay their taxes, an irrational resentment of Rome.

- There's nothing new in all that.

[...]

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Ben-Hur (1959) Sound Clip

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Sound bites of the best quotes from the 1959 film Ben-Hur.

Actors: Charlton Heston (Judah Ben-Hur), Jack Hawkins (Quintus Arrius), Haya Harareet (Esther), Stephen Boyd (Messala), Hugh Griffith (Sheik Ilderim)

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