If you had taken a number, we would have been one short.
3 seconds sound clip from the When Worlds Collide (1951) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:56:16.188 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Tony will be there. She's used to having him around.
- They would have been married if I hadn't come into the picture.
- Anyhow, why worry? Maybe I drew a lucky number.
- You didn't take any number from that box.
- I had the exact number of disks in it, one for every man and woman, except the six people I named.
- If you had taken a number, we would have been one short.
- It's about time I donated something to this setup.
- I won't be needed. I never have been.
- Anyhow, I didn't give up much by not drawing. What's one chance in 600?
- Leaving me will save fuel. Let it stay that way.
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