What about yourself? The past? Don't you people ever speak of the past?

— H. George Wells (Rod Taylor)

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

You can hear this line at 01:08:43 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I should like to try if you'd let me. Will you?

- I do not understand you but I believe you.

- That's as good a start as any.

- Try to tell me. The Morlocks. Who or what are the Morlocks?

- Are they animals or people?

- What about yourself? The past? Don't you people ever speak of the past?

- There is no past.

- Do they ever wonder about the future?

- There is no future.

- Well, the past, man's past, is mainly a grim struggle for survival. But there have been moments when a few voices have spoken up and these rare moments have made the history of man, man's past, a glorious thing.

[...]

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