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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.

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

You can hear this line at 00:21:13 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- This day last week, I no more knew that I could do it than you did. It came over me all of a sudden.

- It's something odd about my will, I suppose. But that's as far as I can see.

- Is that the only thing? Or can you do other things as well?

- Oh, Lord, yes. Just anything.

- Here, violets, change into a bowl of fish... No, not that sort of fish. Change into a glass bowl full of water with goldfish swimming in it.

- It's astonishing. It's incredible. Your eyes are the most extraordinary... No.

- 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.

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The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954) Sound Clip

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954)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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