Why, he's liable to go right past my win...

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picking your battles

4 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:07:04 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I insist that this John Doe man be found and give him a job at once.

- If something isn't done about it, I'll call out the whole Auxiliary. And the Junior Auxiliary. We'll hold a meeting and see that it is...

- Yes? Who? The Governor?

- What about me? It's my building he's jumping off! And I'm up for re-election too.

- What are you doing? Get Connell at the Bulletin.

- Why, he's liable to go right past my win...

- What was that?

- The window. Something just flew by.

- I didn't see anything.

- Don't stand there, you idiot. Go and look. Open the window.

- Why did he have to pick my building?

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