Mm-hm. I understand. They can seem quite lifelike, but they are still machines just like your stereo or your vacuum cleaner.

— Newton Crosby (Steve Guttenberg)

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7 seconds sound clip from the Short Circuit (1986) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:10:50.697 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Good luck, sir.

- Hi.

- He's hidden far away. He's scared of you guys, you know.

- Do I get him or not?

- First we talk, inside.

- My ex-boyfriend used to bring me here. Ex?

- Hi, how're you doin'? Fine. Good to see you.

- Yeah, yeah, ex. So what?

- Uh... nothing.

- OK, here's the deal. Number 5 is alive. I mean, he is really alive like you and me, see?

- Mm-hm. I understand. They can seem quite lifelike, but they are still machines just like your stereo or your vacuum cleaner.

- No, I know he's a machine. You're a machine, I'm a machine, we're alive. How it happens, who the hell knows? But it has happened.

- Okay.

- Believe me, I am not against the idea that that could happen but, you see, I built the machine from scratch and alive? Alive? It doesn't compute.

- I know. It's not your everyday event, but somehow it's true.

- And Guerrero steps to the plate, the pitch... and it's a long line drive to deep left center. Hyde is going back for it. He's...

[...]

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