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- It's terrible when you see a guy like you that had to sacrifice himself. And for what?
- And for what? I don't get you, mister.

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

You can hear this line at 02:14:58.031 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Say, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?

- I know what it is. How did I get these hooks, and how do they work?

- That's what everybody says when they start off: Do you mind if I ask you a personal question? Well, I'll tell you.

- I got sick and tired of that old pair of hands I had. You know, an awful lot of trouble washing them and manicuring my nails. So I traded them in for a pair of these latest models. They work by radar. Look.

- Pretty cute, eh?

- You got plenty of guts.

- It's terrible when you see a guy like you that had to sacrifice himself. And for what?

- And for what? I don't get you, mister.

- Anything else for you?

- Check.

- We let ourselves get sold down the river. We were pushed into war.

- Sure, by the Japs and the Nazis.

- The Germans and the Japs had nothing against us. They just wanted to fight the Limeys and the Reds. And they would've whipped them too if we didn't get deceived into it by a bunch of radicals in Washington.

- What are you talking about?

- We fought the wrong people, that's all.

[...]

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Sound Clip

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Poster

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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