He became a simple man in search of advice.

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6 seconds sound clip from the The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:21:56 in the DVD version of the movie.

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- I could change it into anything, just anything. Here, be a pigeon, will you? You see? Anything. A bowl of flowers, if I wanted. But your pipe's empty.

- Be a tobacco jar again.

- While Mr. Maydig gingerly picked up the jar and refilled his pipe, George Fotheringay told him the whole story, beginning with the affair of the lamp in the Long Dragon

- And complicated by persistent allusions to the missing police constable, Winch.

- As he went on, the transient pride Mr. Maydig's consternation had caused passed away.

- He became a simple man in search of advice.

- And as he listened, Mr. Maydig's demeanor also changed.

- It's possible. It's credible. It's amazing, of course, but it reconciles a number of difficulties.

- The power to work miracles is a gift, a peculiar quality like genius or second sight. Either two, it has come very rarely and to exceptional people.

- But in this case, I've always wondered at the miracles of Mohammed and at Yogi's miracles and the miracles of Madame Blavatsky.

- But of course, yes, it's simply a gift.

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The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954) Sound Clip

Discover the power of miracles with quotes and sound bites from Alec Guinness' captivating performance in "The Man Who Could Work Miracles". A classic episode of Theatre Royal from 1954, based on the H.G. Wells novel.

Actors: Alec Guinness (Narrator / George Fotheringay)

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