- A man can do whatever he wants. You said.
- He can... but he can't want what he wants. This is the stuff that decides what he wants.
— T. E. Lawrence (Toole), Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif), (Peter O’Toole)
14 seconds sound clip from the Lawrence of Arabia movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 03:00:52 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I'm going... Why? Heavens. I've come to the end of myself, I suppose.
- And the end of the Arab revolt?
- I'm not the Arab revolt. I'm not even Arab.
- A man can be whatever he wants. You said.
- I'm sorry. I thought it was true.
- Look, Ali. Look. That's me. What color is it? That's me. And there's nothing I can do about it.
- A man can do whatever he wants. You said.
- He can... but he can't want what he wants. This is the stuff that decides what he wants.
- You may as well know. I would've told them anything.
- I would've told them who I am. I would've told them where you were. I tried to.
- And I'm going back to Allenby to ask him for a job that any man can do.
[...]