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I want to make something of myself. I would like to stand on my own two feet.

7 seconds sound clip from the Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:58:49 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Come have a drink.

- No, I just came over for some cooking sherry.

- Well, I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll all have one more shot and then we'll move Bill back into the house. What do you say?

- No, sir. I'd rather not.

- Why not?

- Well, sir, I can't go on posing as what I'm not and, I don't wish to remain in service any longer, sir.

- I want to make something of myself. I would like to stand on my own two feet.

- This is a land, sir, of great opportunity where all are created equal.

- There, that's that's what I been... Now you're talkin'. Like Lincoln said that day at Gettysburg. He hit the nail right on the nose when he said...

- Well, what did he say?

- That's funny. I was gonna ask you the same thing.

- He... What did he say?

- I don't know. Do you?

- I don't know.

- Hey, Sam! What did Lincoln say that day at Gettysburg?

- I don't know but I'll find out.

- What did Lincoln say at Gettysburg?

- I don't know.

[...]

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Quotes from the movie Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), featuring voice audio clips.

Actors: Charles Laughton (Ruggles), ZaSu Pitts (Mrs. Judson)

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