The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
James Stewart: 'Buttons' A Clown
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Quotes
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Holly : [singing] When things go wrong, and life's no song, and you're flat on your back, that doesn't mean you have to lie there: be a jumping jack!
Buttons : [singing] Keep on the hop, and if you flop, and everything looks black, stand on your head and holler "hi there!" Be a jumping jack!
Holly : When things go up, they must come down, and also visa verse. If things look bad, don't fret and frown - they could be ten times worse!
Buttons : Your train of luck, it may get stuck if something's on the track; give a good jump and you'll get by there...
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Buttons' Mother : [just after giving gifts to circus spectators, Buttons secretly goes to his Mother and they whisper to each other] They've been around again, asking questions.
Buttons : [whispering] I know Mother. They'll never find me, behind this nose.
Buttons' Mother : [whispering] Be very careful, dear.
Buttons : [whispering] Now, how about a nice smile, that I can remember until next year?
Buttons' Mother : [whispering] God be with you my boy.
Buttons : [whispering] It's all right Mother.
[Buttons then did a light secret hug to his mother and started acting like a clown, again]
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[Holly and Sebastian are one-upping each other on the trapeze]
Buttons : How long do you think this can go on before something happens?
Brad Braden : It's circus, isn't it?
Buttons : Do you believe in prayer?
Brad Braden : And practice.
