See, we can't duplicate their type of power, so we've never been able to experiment.
6 seconds sound clip from the Independence Day (1996) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:17:38 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- As you can see from the repairs, we've been trying to put her back together since the late 1960s.
- Don't tell me you've had this for 40 years and you don't know anything about them.
- Oh, hell, no! No, no, no, no, no! We know tons about them.
- But the neatest stuff... The neatest stuff has only happened in the last few days.
- See, we can't duplicate their type of power, so we've never been able to experiment.
- But since these guys started showing up, all the little gizmos inside turned on.
- The last 24 hours have been really exciting!
- Exciting? People are dying out there. I don't think exciting is the word I'd choose to describe it!
- You guys are hoping to fly this thing, huh?
- You said you can repair their technology.
[...]