I think the hazards will be greater if she sees you. You'll invite her to break rules, because you look on rules as things invented for suckers. You think the guy who gets away with things is smart.
9 seconds sound clip from the Shockproof (1949) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:19:01.190 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Has it occurred to you that you're making the conditions unnecessarily difficult?
- You're setting up a situation full of hazards and temptations.
- Well, I'm counting on her forgetting you. I'm counting on her meeting some normal, decent people.
- And I'm counting on her getting over a feeling of gratitude to you, of loyalty, of...
- You mean of love, don't you? She didn't get over it in five years.
- Then you can wait another couple of years.
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