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- That's an... awful thing to say to anyone.
- Yes, it is indeed.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Philadelphia Story movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:54:59 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I think a devoted young girl gives a man the illusion that youth is still his.

- Very important, I suppose.

- Oh, very, very. Because without her he might be inclined to go out in search of his youth.

- That's just as important to him as it is to any woman.

- But with a girl of his own, full of warmth for him, full of foolish, unquestioning, uncritical affection...

- None of which I've got.

- None.

- You have a good mind, a pretty face, a disciplined body that does what you tell it.

- You have everything it takes to make a lovely woman except the one essential: an understanding heart. And without that, you might just as well be made of bronze.

- That's an... awful thing to say to anyone.

- Yes, it is indeed.

- So I'm to blame for Tina Mara, am I?

- To a certain extent, I expect you are.

- You coward.

- No. But better that than a prig or a perennial spinster, however many marriages.

- That's too much.

- I'm afraid it's not enough, Margaret. I'm afraid nothing is.

- What... What did you say I was?

- Do you want me to repeat it?

- A prig and a...

- You mean, you think I think I'm some kind of a goddess or something?

- If your ego wants it that way, yes.

[...]

The Philadelphia Story (1940) Sound Clip

The Philadelphia Story (1940) Poster

Discover the best lines from the classic film "The Philadelphia Story" with our collection of quotes featuring sound bites from the movie.

Actors: James Stewart (Macaulay Connor), Cary Grant (C.K. Dexter Haven), Katharine Hepburn (Tracy Lord), Ruth Hussey (Elizabeth Imbrie), Virginia Weidler (Dinah Lord), Roland Young (Uncle Willie)

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