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Well, I got rid of one. And one like that is worth three ordinary ones.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Cocoanuts (1929) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:22:54.069 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- In behalf of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis, I want to take this occasion of welcoming you to Waukegan.

- No, no, I mean, in recognition of my many years of service with the railroad, you have presented me with these ties.

- And that, of course, reminds me of the story of the Irishman. It's so funny. I wish I could think of it.

- Oft in the stilly night, the trembling of a leaf can be heard sighing through the trees.

- And the babbling brook, as it wends its way onward, babbling and...

- Well, I got rid of one. And one like that is worth three ordinary ones.

- Where was I? Oh, yes, on this chair. That's right.

- Western cattle opened at 15 and a quarter. Yearlings and spring veal showed a firm tone. And eggs were a little touchy on a falling market.

- Well, my mother and father talked it over, and they finally moved to New York. They took a little house in the Bronx.

- And it was in that little house that Abraham Lincoln was born, much to my father's surprise.

- And that, boys and girls, was the beginning of the Lincoln Highway.

[...]

The Cocoanuts (1929) Sound Clip

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Actors: Groucho Marx (Mr. Hammer), Chico Marx (Chico), Zeppo Marx (Jamison), Harpo Marx (Harpo), Margaret Dumont (Mrs. Potter)

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