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- Do you know how many different people live there?
- By heart. Carians, Armenians, Jews, Parthians, Egyptians.

9 seconds sound clip from the Alexander the Great (1956) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:15:34 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Will Greece follow my father?

- I do not know. Neither does he.

- Men do not easily forget years of slaughter and burning and pillage, and deep and bitter hatreds.

- And the cry of Philip the Barbarian still echoes through the land.

- He may conquer, but he will not rule.

- Do you know how vast the Persian Empire is?

- From the Nile to the Indus, from Samarkand to Babylon.

- And beyond.

- Do you know how many different people live there?

- By heart. Carians, Armenians, Jews, Parthians, Egyptians.

- I know their customs and their gods.

- Yes. For this is more than an empire, this is Colossus. To rule it would take a man as great as you can be.

- That is why I say patience.

- Patience? My time is short.

- Short?

[...]

Alexander the Great (1956) Sound Clip

Alexander the Great Poster

Voice quotes from the movie Alexander the Great (1956), in wav/mp3 format.

Actors: Richard Burton (Alexander the Great), Fredric March (Philip II of Macedon), Peter Cushing (Memnon of Rhodes)

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