George Moore said... I learned it by heart years ago. He said that, each great passion is the fruit of many fruitless years.
— Maria Dannreuther (Gina Lollobrigida)
12 seconds sound clip from the Beat the Devil (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:25:32 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Englishmen tell it when they're feeling down in the mouth.
- You just don't understand the Chelm type.
- You're not even listening. You never do. Someday I'll say good-bye and you won't hear that either.
- One day I shall really meet my type and run off with him, and you'll be simply amazed.
- George Moore was a very distinguished English writer, you know?
- What's our wide-eyed Irish leprechaun doing outside my door?
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