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Perhaps it was my willpower that did it, after all. Well, I wonder if I can do it again.

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

You can hear this line at 00:05:46 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- And it was only when he found himself sitting in his little bedroom in church row that he was able to grapple seriously with his memories of the occurrence.

- What on earth happened? I didn't want the confounded lamp upset. I'd have been burnt myself.

- Wait a minute. Perhaps I did want it to turn upside down. After all, I told it to do so.

- Perhaps just then, when I said it, I did will it to turn upside down, without realising.

- After all, while it hung there, upside down in mid-air, still burning, with a flame pointing downwards, I felt somehow that it depended on me to keep it there, without falling.

- Perhaps it was my willpower that did it, after all. Well, I wonder if I can do it again.

- That candle on the dressing table. I wonder...

- Candle, rise up in the air.

- Oh! Good Lord, it did happen. Rose right up in the air and hung there, till I got scared and stopped concentrating.

- Where are the matches? Where the devil did I put them?

- Oh, wait a minute. If I can work medicals, let there be a match in my hand.

[...]

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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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