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Now in that I had some success, me being a gambler, and people being what they are.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Strange Love of Martha Ivers movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:57:37.139 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Made friends with the animals and lived happily ever after. Almost.

- Almost?

- Yeah.

- I got ambitious and that tore it, but good.

- I got so I wasn't satisfied just being friendly with the animals. I got so I wanted to own the animals. So I bought some animals.

- Well, my lion got the mange and gave it to the monkeys. The animals became a responsibility and a liability.

- I lost my hard-earned cash and ran like a thief out of there with a great yen to become friendly with people.

- Now in that I had some success, me being a gambler, and people being what they are.

- Well, that brings us up to my 21st year when I became a man officially.

- How did it feel to become a man officially?

- I felt I'd been there before.

- How did you feel about becoming a woman officially?

- I felt I'd been there, too.

- Why, this is the room that you...

- Do you remember, Sam?

- Do I.

- It's the only room I didn't change.

- It seems that only yesterday I came through that window. We were going to run away together that night.

[...]

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) Sound Clip

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Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Martha Ivers), Van Heflin (Sam Masterson), Lizabeth Scott (Antonia "Toni" Marachek), Kirk Douglas (Walter O'Neil)

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