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- What would happen if I took it into my head someday to go into politics?
- You'd be elected president.
- I don't know about that.

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

You can hear this line at 00:08:31 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, I thought maybe... you being one of the oldest families in Philadelphia, and me getting fairly important myself... It's luck, of course, but I...

- What's the matter?

- 'An average day in the life of a congressman. The congressman's wife. The kitchen where is prepared one banana, sliced, two fried eggs. The congressman kisses his wife good morning.'

- Lots of people like publicity.

- Of all the filthy ideas. Coming into a private house with a camera. Ugh!

- George Kittredge, you get on that horse. What do you think of that?

- What would happen if I took it into my head someday to go into politics?

- You'd be elected president.

- I don't know about that.

- I mean, about publicity.

- Not in my home.

- You mean our home, don't you?

- Sorry, darling. I mean very much our home.

- No, never mind, Eddie. I'll get up myself.

- Steady, Bessie. Whoa, Bessie, whoa. Whoa, Bessie, whoa! Here, here, here, here. Whoa. Whoa. Steady, Bessie.

- Grab the reins, George, with the left hand.

[...]

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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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