The first thing that happens to a guy like that is he starts wanting to go to restaurants and sit down at a table and eat salad and cupcakes and tea.
10 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:21:23 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- Paper?
- I don't read no papers and I don't listen to radios neither.
- I know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber and I don't have to read it.
- First thing that happens to a guy...
- Get a load of the bedroom. No.
- Boy, what that kind of food does to your system!
- Next thing the dope wants a room. Yes Sir, a room with steam heat, and curtains and rugs.
- He softens up till he can't sleep unless he has a bed.
- Stop worrying, Colonel. 50 bucks ain't gonna ruin me.
- I've seen plenty of fellas start out with 50 bucks and wind up with a bank account.
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