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Can man control his destiny? Can he change the shape of things to come?

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

You can hear this line at 00:11:33 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I've already told you, Doctor.

- The larger model can be used to carry a passenger on a journey through time. Not through space, mind you, but through time.

- If you're going to start floating about in the future, won't you gonna rather mess things up for the rest of us?

- The future's already there. It's irrevocable and cannot be changed.

- I wonder. That is the most important question to which I hope to find an answer.

- Can man control his destiny? Can he change the shape of things to come?

- Now, look here, if you've gone out of your head, I forgive you.

- But if you've made us waste all this time...

- No, no, no, no! You're here as witnesses. To see, not to listen.

- To see? What?

- The experiment I am about to perform.

[...]

The Time Machine (1960) Sound Clip

The Time Machine (1960) Poster

Sound clips of the most memorable quotes from The Time Machine (1960 film, based on the 1895 novella of the same name by H. G. Wells).

Actors: Rod Taylor (H. George Wells), Alan Young (David Filby / James Filby)

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