You're a nice guy, John. I like you. You're gentle. I always like gentle people. Me... I'm hard. Hard and tough. I got no use for hard people. Gotta be gentle to suit me. Like you, for instance.
28 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:25:56 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- Beany, go to the office, tell Pop to give you the speech. There's a copy on my desk
- Mr. Norton told me not to leave him, not even for a minute.
- Go on, go on. We'll be at Jim's Bar, up the street.
- Play the Star Spangled Banner and I'm a sucker for it.
- Always gets me right here. You know what I mean?
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