This won't be a commercial liner. There may be space for 40 or 50 human beings, some machinery and livestock, the minimum needs to begin a new life.
8 seconds sound clip from the When Worlds Collide (1951) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:28:25.033 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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[...]
- I'm no humanitarian like your friends, Marsden and Spiro. I just don't relish dying.
- What are the chances of existence on this new planet?
- We don't know. We can only hope they're good.
- The end of the world is no theory to us.
- If I thought it was, I wouldn't be here.
- All right, I'll pay for the rest of your ark.
- One thing, I select the people who'll go with us.
- You're not qualified to select those people.
- Nevertheless, I reserve that privilege.
- We'll do the picking together, half and half.
- No.
- Why not? Why should you set yourself up as the only one to give life or take it away?
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