- A palindrome.
- Mmm. I know another: Madam, I'm Adam.

— Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn)

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7 seconds sound clip from the Desk Set (1957) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:33:16 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Now, do you notice anything unusual about the following sentence?

- Able was I, ere I saw Elba.

- Um, no.

- But... I doubt that Napoleon ever said anything like that.

- Unless you mean because it's spelled the same way backward and forward. Is that what you meant? What do they call it? A...

- A palindrome.

- Mmm. I know another: Madam, I'm Adam.

- I doubt if he ever said that.

- Now, I have three telephone numbers. I'm going to repeat them just once. See if you can repeat them after me.

- Are you ready?

- Yeah.

[...]

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