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If it's occupying the same space, why can't I feel it?

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

You can hear this line at 00:14:33 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Then why can't we see it?

- Because we're in this room on December 31, 1899...

- The model we just saw is perhaps 100 years away by now.

- This room, even this whole house, may not be here in 100 years.

- But the time machine occupies the same space that it did a moment before it went up on it's journey!

- If it's occupying the same space, why can't I feel it?

- You must remember that the space you're putting your hand through is today's space. You can't put your hand into the space of tomorrow.

- Space is space! It doesn't change! The same space that's here now should be here in 100 or even 1000 years.

- No! Time changes space!

- No.

- Look, this flat ground we're standing on could have been at the bottom of the sea a million years ago. And a million years from now, it could be the interior of a huge mountain.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

You're right, David. That's exactly what I have. All the time in the world.
When I speak of time, gentlemen, I'm referring to the fourth dimension.
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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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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