You joined Hoff, Coy and Company, and that left you half an idealist.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Big Knife (1955) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:18:03 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- It's a fable, about moral values. Success, happiness.
- You don't think Marion is going to be happy here, do you?
- No, I don't think she's going to be happy.
- Why not?
- You were an idealist, Charlie, and you sold out.
- You joined Hoff, Coy and Company, and that left you half an idealist.
- There's nothing more tortured on the face of this earth, neither fish nor fowl.
- A man who's sold out his dreams, but he can't forget.
- Yeah, but there are reasons, pal. You don't have all the facts.
- An Irishman wrote, I think I sent it to you once, The Quintessence of Ibsenism.
- He said that there are three kinds of men. First, the realist. Now, that's Coy.
[...]
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Quotes from the movie The Big Knife (1955), based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets, featuring short sound clips with voice.
Actors: Jack Palance (Charlie Castle), Ida Lupino (Marion Castle), Jean Hagen (Connie Bliss), Rod Steiger (Stanley Shriner Hoff), Shelley Winters (Dixie Evans), Ilka Chase (Patty Benedict)
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