We're a good deal like that ball dancing on the fountain. We know as little about the forces that move us, and move the world around us as that empty ball does about the water that pushes it into the air, lets it fall, and catches it again.
13 seconds sound clip from the The Leopard Man (1943) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:21:25.717 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Sure, sure. That's right, isn't it?
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- You can't sell it. It's a day old.
- But my stomach is not a day old.
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- I'll tell everyone you gave it to me. That'll be good for your business.
- Yes, but bad for my wife. Thank you.
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