And, as yet, I was traveling very slowly. What if I went faster?

— H. George Wells (Rod Taylor)

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7 seconds sound clip from the The Time Machine (1960) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:28:07 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- My flowers flinging wide their petals to embrace the new day.

- The hours speeding across the face of my sundial.

- The flowers closing their eyes for the night.

- It was wonderful! Changes that normally took hours, occurring in seconds.

- Always able to tell me what tie to wear, but never able to decide to wear anything more stylish than the type of clothes she's worn all these years.

- And, as yet, I was traveling very slowly. What if I went faster?

- It became intoxicating. So, I pushed the lever on toward even greater speed.

- As I went along, I gained experience in handling the machine.

- I found that I could stop for a day, an hour, or even for a second to observe. Then, go ahead a year or two.

- Thus, I was able to see the changing world in a series of glimpses.

[...]

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When I speak of time, gentlemen, I'm referring to the fourth dimension.
You're right, David. That's exactly what I have. All the time in the world.
Why is it that we usually ignore the forth dimension? Because we have no freedom of movement within it. You see, we can move in the other three: Up, down, forward, sideways, backward, but when it comes to time, we are prisoners.
There is no past.
You ask many questions.

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