You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

— Alfred Kralik (James Stewart)

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

You can hear this line at 00:54:20.024 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Well, I congratulate you. I wish you good luck.

- Oh, I see you're reading Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

- Yes, do you mind?

- No, no. I just didn't expect to meet you in a cafe with Tolstoy, that's all. It's quite a surprise. I didn't know you went in for high literature.

- There are many things you don't know about me, Mr. Kralik.

- Have you read Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky?

- No, I haven't.

- There are many things you don't know about me, Miss Novak. As a matter of fact, there might be a lot we don't know about each other.

- You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.

- Well, I really wouldn't care to scratch your surface, Mr. Kralik, because I know exactly what I'd find. Instead of a heart, a handbag. Instead of a soul, a suitcase. And instead of an intellect a cigarette lighter which doesn't work.

- Well, that's very nicely put. Yes, comparing my intellect with a cigarette lighter that doesn't work.

- Yeah, that's a very interesting mixture of poetry and meanness.

- Meanness? Let me tell you...

- Well, now, don't misunderstand me, Miss Novak. I'm only trying to pay you a compliment.

- Mr. Kralik, please! I told you I was expecting somebody.

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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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