- Believe it or not, I studied 19th-century French poetry.
- What a waste of time!

Phil Connors (Bill Murray), Rita Hanson (Andie Macdowell)

6 seconds sound clip from the Groundhog Day movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:49:11.666 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- There is something so familiar about this.

- Hm?

- Do you ever have déjà vu?

- Didn't you just ask me that?

- I think people place too much emphasis on their careers. I wish we could all live in the mountains at high altitude. That's where I see myself in five years. How about you?

- Oh, I agree. I just like to go with the flow. See where it leads me.

- Well, it's led you here.

- Mm-hm.

- Of course, it's about a million miles from where I started out in college.

- You weren't in broadcasting or journalism?

- Mm-hm.

- Believe it or not, I studied 19th-century French poetry.

- What a waste of time!

- I mean, for someone else that would be an incredible waste of time.

- So bold of you to choose that. It's incredible. You must be a very, very strong person.

- I think people place too much emphasis on their careers. Gosh, I wish we could all live in the mountains. At high altitudes. That's where I see myself in five years. How about you?

- Oh, I agree. I just like to go with the flow.

- Yeah?

- See what happens.

- Well, it's gotten you here.

- Uh-huh.

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