What sort of folks did you come from?

3 seconds sound clip from the The Oklahoma Kid (1939) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:22:13 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- How come a strong, healthy young fellow like you isn't out there up to his neck in this land rush?

- Why? I'm doing all right.

- Those people are going out there to build a new empire.

- Fine. Let them have it.

- You mean to say you've got no feeling for the country, no pride in seeing a civilization carved out of a wilderness?

- What sort of an American are you?

- I like the country fine. As for civilization, I've got nothing in particular against it. I can take it or leave it alone.

- What sort of folks did you come from?

- The most god-fearing, law-abiding, land-grabbing, empire-building fellas you ever saw.

- Suckers for this land-rush stuff, too, but not for me.

- I crave a nice easygoing existence, and I've got it.

- I see. No responsibility. No ambition. None of this get-up- and-get-it stuff that regular folks have.

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