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- Your mother will take it hard if you quit school now.
- Yes, I know.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Jackie Robinson Story movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:07:53.174 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Somebody told me you got an honorable mention on the All-American.

- Did I?

- Somebody else told me you cut class this morning.

- Could be.

- Was it because you worked late last night?

- And because I went to see about a better job. A full-time job.

- Why now? You've still got some time before you graduate.

- If I graduate.

- Oh.

- Suppose I finish out the year. I'm no further along that when I started. No closer to getting a half-decent job so I can afford to get married.

- Who're you thinking of marrying, Mr. Robinson?

- Oh, you know who.

- Your mother will take it hard if you quit school now.

- Yes, I know.

- You oughta talk to her before you do anything. And to Mack.

- Yeah. It was Mack I was thinking of.

- Well, if you just wait till June and get your diploma...

- A lot of good a college education did Mack.

- Well, Mack's all right. He's got a job.

- Yeah. A good, steady job.

[...]

The Jackie Robinson Story Sound Clip

The Jackie Robinson Story Poster

Memorable voice quotes from the biographical film The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), starring Jackie Robinson as himself.

Actors: Jackie Robinson (Himself), Ruby Dee (Rae Robinson), Minor Watson (Branch Rickey), Louise Beavers (Jackie's mother)

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