Look, Miss Snit. A girl does not get anywhere by acting intelligent.

— Zinnia Wormwood (Rhea Perlman)

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6 seconds sound clip from the Matilda (1996) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:35:35.394 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Mikey, get me a beer.

- Her math skills are simply extraordinary. She's reading material that I...

- Want one?

- Oh. No, thank you, dear.

- Material that I didn't see until my second year of college.

- Oh, college.

- Great, college.

- I really feel, with private instruction that she'd be ready for college in just a few short years.

- Look, Miss Snit. A girl does not get anywhere by acting intelligent.

- I mean, take a look at you and me. You chose books. I chose looks.

- I have a nice house, a wonderful husband and you are slaving away teaching snot-nosed children their ABC's.

- You want Matilda to go to college?

- College! I didn't go to college. I don't know anybody who did. Bunch of hippies and cesspool salesmen.

[...]

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