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I think that, uh, little story has considerable significance. But I've forgotten what it is.

8 seconds sound clip from the The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:54:48.662 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- The knowledge I acquired in the good old bank I applied to my problems in the infantry.

- For instance, one day in Okinawa, a major comes up to me he says, Stephenson, you see that hill?

- Yes, sir. I see it.

- All right, he said. You and your platoon will attack said hill and take it.

- So I said to the major, But, uh, that operation involves considerable risk. We haven't sufficient collateral.

- I'm aware of that, said the major, but the fact remains, that there is the hill and you are the guys who are going to take it.

- So I said to him, I'm sorry, major. No collateral, no hill. So we didn't take the hill, and we lost the war.

- I think that, uh, little story has considerable significance. But I've forgotten what it is.

- And now, in conclusion, I'd like to tell you a humorous anecdote. I know several humorous anecdotes, but I can't think of any way to clean them up.

- So I'll only say this much. I love the Corn Belt Loan and Trust Company.

- There are some who say that the old bank is suffering from hardening of the arteries and of the heart.

- I refuse to listen to such radical talk.

- I say that our bank is alive, it's generous, it's... It's human! And we're going to have such a line of customers seeking and getting small loans that people will think we're gambling with the depositors' money. And we will be.

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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Sound Clip

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Memorable quotes from the 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives, with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: Myrna Loy (Milly Stephenson), Fredric March (Al Stephenson), Dana Andrews (Fred Derry), Teresa Wright (Peggy Stephenson), Virginia Mayo (Marie Derry), Cathy O'Donnell (Wilma Cameron), Harold Russell (Homer Parrish)

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