Oh, that's all very deep dish and high fallutin, but far from practical.

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6 seconds sound clip from the Christmas in July (1944) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:48:55 in the radio play.

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- It'll be kind of hard to face that gang tomorrow from back of the old desk.

- It would be just as hard to face from in here, if you didn't belong here. Uneasy lies the head that...

- He does belong in here, Mr. Baxter.

- Now, what is the joke this time?

- He belongs in here, because he thinks he belongs in here.

- Oh, that's all very deep dish and high fallutin, but far from practical.

- It is practical. It's the most practical idea you ever had!

- He belongs in here because he thinks he has ideas. He belongs in here until he proves himself or fails.

- And then somebody else belongs in here until he proves himself or fails, and then somebody else after him, and so on and so on for always!

- Oh, I don't know how to put it into words like Jimmy could, but all he wants, all any of them want, is a chance!

- A chance to show, to find out what they've got while they're still young and burning, like a short cut or a stepping stone.

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Christmas in July (1944) Sound Clip

Funny quotes with sound clips from Christmas in July - Lux Radio Theatre play originally broadcast on June 25, 1944.

Actors: Dick Powell (Jimmy), Linda Darnell (Betty), Raymond Walburn (Maxford), Lionel Barrymore (Narrator)

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