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There are so many complaining, political speeches. People are tired of hearing nothing but doom and despair on the radio.

9 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:33:49 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- The speech you're writing?

- Yeah. I don't know. I simply can't get it to gel.

- I created somebody who's giving up his life for a principle.

- Thousands of people are going to listen to him over the radio, and unless he says something sensational, it's just no good.

- I don't know what kind of speech you're going to write, but from the samples I've read, I don't think anybody will listen.

- What? (2)

- There are so many complaining, political speeches. People are tired of hearing nothing but doom and despair on the radio.

- If you're going to have him say anything, why not something simple and real, something with hope in it?

- Your father were alive, he'd know what to say. Yeah. Father certainly would.

- Wait a minute.

- That's your father's diary. Father's...? I never knew he had a diary.

- There's enough in it for 100 speeches. Things people ought to hear now nowadays.

[...]

Meet John Doe (1941) Sound Clip

Meet John Doe (1941)

Mp3 sound clips of the most memorable quotes from the movie Meet John Doe (1941), which can be used for learning english, as ringtones, to give funny replies to your friends on the internet etc.

Actors: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason

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