You know, that book of mine represents two solid years' work, and it's netted Connor something under $600.

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

You can hear this line at 00:39:51 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- I got it from a Spanish peasant's proverb: 'With the rich and mighty, always a little patience.' -I like that.

- What's the matter? A little too rough?

- A little. But I'm used to it.

- Tell me something, will you? When you can do a thing like that book, how can you possibly do anything else?

- Well, you may not believe this, but there are people in this world that must earn their living.

- Of course. But people buy books, don't they?

- Well, not as long as there's a library around.

- You know, that book of mine represents two solid years' work, and it's netted Connor something under $600.

- But that shouldn't be.

- Well, unhappily, it is.

- Say, this is beautiful country around here. What is it all, anyway?

- Part of our place.

- What about your Miss Imbrie?

- Well, Miss Imbrie is in somewhat the same fix.

- She's a born painter and might be a very important one, but she must eat, and she also prefers a roof over her head to being constantly out in the rain and snow.

- Food and a roof.

- Hey, you've really got something here.

- Well, all this.

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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.

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And remember, Mike, 'with the rich and mighty'... -'Always a little patience'?

I got it from a Spanish peasant's proverb: 'With the rich and mighty, always a little patience.' -I like that.

The Philadelphia Story (1940) Sound Clip

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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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