- In making your pictures, do you follow any ironclad rules?
- Just one. Never do anything that somebody else can do better.
— Himself (Walt Disney)
9 seconds sound clip from the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:43:03 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- No, Mr. DeMille. If you do, I'll sue you.
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- In making your pictures, do you follow any ironclad rules?
- Just one. Never do anything that somebody else can do better.
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