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- Do you know what the imagination is?
- Oh, sure. That's when you see things, but they're not really there.

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8 seconds sound clip from the Miracle on 34th Street (1947) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:38:49 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Why didn't you tell him you were a lion or a bear?

- Because I'm not a bear or a lion.

- Yes. But the other children were only children, and they were pretending to be animals.

- But that's what makes the game so silly.

- Oh, I don't think so. Sounds like a wonderful game to me. Of course, in order to play it, you've got to have an imagination.

- Do you know what the imagination is?

- Oh, sure. That's when you see things, but they're not really there.

- Well, that can be caused by other things too.

- No, to me the imagination is a place all by itself - a separate country. Now, you've heard of the French nation, the British nation. Well, this is the Imagination. It's a wonderful place.

- How would you like to be able to make snowballs in the summertime, eh? Or drive a great big bus right down Fifth Avenue.

- How would you like to have a ship all to yourself that makes daily trips to China and Australia?

- How would you like to be the Statue of Liberty in the morning and in the afternoon fly south with a flock of geese?

[...]

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I believe. I believe. It's silly, but I believe.
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Sound Clip

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Famous lines and quotes from "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947 film), featuring short sound clips with voice and sfx.

Actors: Maureen O'Hara (Doris Walker), John Payne (Fred Gailey), Edmund Gwenn (Kris Kringle), Natalie Wood (Susan Walker), William Frawley (Charlie Halloran)

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