- Yes, but what is the answer?
- I don't know. That's what I intend to find out.

3 seconds sound clip from the Holiday (1938) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:22:10.479 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Case, compared to the life I lead, the last man in a chain gang thoroughly enjoys himself.

- Well, maybe what you need is some time out from what you've been doing. You know, day in, day out.

- You mean from what I've not been doing days in, please, years out.

- How does your garden grow, Case? Is life wonderful where you are?

- It can be.

- But it hasn't been?

- I don't call what I've been doing living.

- And what do you recommend for yourself, doctor?

- A holiday.

- For how long?

- For as long as I need.

- You mean just to play?

- No.

- No, I've been working since I was ten. I want to find out why I'm working. The answer can't be just to pay bills or to pile up more money. Even if you do, the government's gonna take most of it.

- Yes, but what is the answer?

- I don't know. That's what I intend to find out.

- The world is changing out there. There's a lot of new, exciting ideas running around. Some of them might be right and some might be cockeyed, but they're affecting all our lives.

- I want to know how I stand, where I fit into the picture, what it's all going to mean to me. I can't find that out sitting behind some desk in an office, so as soon as I get enough money together, I'm gonna knock off for a while.

- Quit?

- Quit.

- I want to save part of my life for myself.

- There's a catch to it though. It's got to be part of the young part. You know, retire young and work old. Come back and work when I know what I'm working for.

- Does that make sense to you?

- That makes a lot of sense.

- Does, um, Julia know?

[...]

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Actors: Katharine Hepburn (Linda Seton), Cary Grant (Johnny Case), Doris Nolan (Julia Seton), Lew Ayres (Ned), Henry Kolker (Edward Seton), Edward Everett Horton (Professor Nick Potter), Jean Dixon (Susan Potter)

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