Why, I could show you letters that would open your eyes. No, I guess not, you probably wouldn't understand what's in them. They're written by a type of man so far superior to you it isn't even funny.

— Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan)

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9 seconds sound clip from the The Shop Around the Corner (1940) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:57:12.998 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- If you think I'm bowlegged, come on out in the sidewalk and I'll pull up my trousers.

- How would you like it if I started making remarks about how red your hands are?

- That's just exactly what you did.

- Oh, no. Not until after you started making fun of my legs.

- My hands aren't red at all!

- No, after I called your attention to them.

- Now, let me tell you something, Miss Novak. You may have very beautiful thoughts but you certainly hide them.

- As far as your actions are concerned, you're cold and snippy like an old maid and you're gonna have a tough time getting a man to fall in love with you.

- I, an old maid? So, no man could fall in love with me? Really, Mr. Kralik, you're getting funnier every minute.

- Why, I could show you letters that would open your eyes. No, I guess not, you probably wouldn't understand what's in them. They're written by a type of man so far superior to you it isn't even funny.

- I have to laugh when I think of you calling me an old maid. You! You little insignificant clerk.

- Goodbye, Miss Novak.

- Goodbye, Mr. Kralik.

- Well, doctor, I would say it's a nervous breakdown. What do you think?

- It appears to be an acute epileptoid manifestation and a panphobic melancholiac with some indication of a neurasthenia cordus.

- Is that more expensive than a nervous breakdown?

- Pardon me, Mr. Katona. Precisely what position do you hold with Matuschek and Company?

- Well, I would describe myself as a contact man. I keep contact between Matuschek and Company and the customers on a bicycle.

- Do you mean, an errand boy?

- Doctor, did I call you a pill-peddler?

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The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Sound Clip

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Actors: James Stewart (Alfred Kralik), Margaret Sullavan (Klara Novak), Frank Morgan (Hugo Matuschek), William Tracy (Pepi Katona)

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