Thousands of people are going to listen to him over the radio, and unless he says something sensational, it's just no good.
9 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:33:32 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I'm sorry, Ma. Don't pay any attention to me. I guess I'm just all upset about all this.
- Here I am with a great opportunity to get somewhere, to give you security for once, and I'm stuck.
- If I could put this over, Mrs. Burke can have six babies.
- 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.
- Your father were alive, he'd know what to say. Yeah. Father certainly would.
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