Me, turn over a new leaf? I'd have to turn over a whole public library.
7 seconds sound clip from the The Oklahoma Kid (1939) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:18:48 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I know the scenery's all right, except those placards.
- Every time I look at one of those 500 dollar insults, I get madder and madder. Get around!
- But they're coming down. Father says it.
- Down or not, I'd always remember where they'd been.
- Oh, I understand. A new country, a new leaf.
- Me, turn over a new leaf? I'd have to turn over a whole public library.
- Well, after you've done all that, you think you'll ever, ever be back this way again?
- Well, maybe, maybe not. It all depends on the way things turn out.
- Jim, is Arizona an awfully big place?
- Yeah, yeah. So they tell me.
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