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This goddess must and shall remain intact.

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

You can hear this line at 00:47:34 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Red, you could be the finest woman on this earth.

- I'm contemptuous of something inside of you you either can't help or make no attempt to. Your so-called strength, your prejudice against weakness, your blank intolerance.

- Is that all?

- That's the gist of it.

- Because you'll never be a first-class human being or a first-class woman until you've learned to have some regard for human frailty.

- It's a pity your own foot can't slip a little sometime. But your sense of inner divinity wouldn't allow that.

- This goddess must and shall remain intact.

- There are more of you than people realize. A special class of the American female: the married maidens.

- So help me, if you say another word, I'll...

- I'm through. For the moment I've had my say.

- Well, I suppose I should object to this twosome.

- That would be most objectionable.

- Well, any time either of you want my advice...

- We'll give you a ring.

- Thanks. Do that, will you?

- So long, Red. I left you a little wedding present. Sorry I hadn't any ribbon to tie it up with.

[...]

The Philadelphia Story (1940) Sound Clip

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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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