Seventeen. It doesn't seem to me that you've had time to be guilty of anything much except overeating.

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17 years old adolescence age edmund gwenn kris kringle overeating

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

You can hear this line at 00:52:04 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Why is it bad? Does he say?

- Oh, sure. He says that guys who dress up like Santa Claus, see, and give presents away do it because when they was young, they must've did something bad, and they feel guilty about it.

- So now they do something they think is good to make up for it, see?

- It's what he calls a guilt complex.

- How old are you, Alfred?

- Seventeen. It doesn't seem to me that you've had time to be guilty of anything much except overeating.

- It's nothing to laugh about. It's pretty serious, he says.

- It's a lot of rubbish. Don't listen to him.

- Oh, he knows what he's talking about. He's been studying that stuff for a long time.

- Oh. Well, what's the basis of this guilt complex you're supposed to have? Does he say that?

- Well, he ain't found out yet. It's probably way down inside of me someplace, see? Maybe somethin' that happened to me when I was a baby, he says.

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Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Sound Clip

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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