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Why do you think I spend my life treating the imaginary ills of a lot of wealthy hypochondriacs?

7 seconds sound clip from the Consequence (1949) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:05:20 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, I know I have. I knew it the minute I came into this room. I knew at the minute I saw her...

- Gwen?

- Yeah, Gwen.

- I hate Gwen And what's more, she hates me.

- Oh, it's nothing that shows on the surface, we get along because we have to, because my reputation would suffer if we didn't.

- Phil... you can't be serious.

- No? Why do you think I've given up every dream I've ever had.

- Why do you think I spend my life treating the imaginary ills of a lot of wealthy hypochondriacs?

- So Gwen can have this and Gwen can do that, so Gwen can satisfy every greedy instinct and every petty rotten ambition that any woman ever had.

- I never realized...

- Well, that's it.

- You gotta do something about it. You gotta get out, gotta go to another city, go to another country.

- Yeah, yeah... she'd be after me like a hawk. She'd have me up before the medical association.

- Oh, there are a thousand things she could do and would do.

[...]

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Consequence (1949) Sound Clip

Consequence (1949)Quotes with audio samples from the old-time radio play "Consequence", based on an original story by Vladimir Pozner, first aired on Thursday May 19th, 1949, on CBS's Suspense radio program.

Actors: James Stewart (Dr Philip Martin), Paul Ford (Ted Wolfe), Betty Lou Gerson, Harlow Wilcox (commercial spokesmen)

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