Unfortunately, ancient Persia sits 20 feet under the sand of Iran, Iraq and Syria, not the most popular places lately.

— Juno Skinner (Tia Carrere)

10 seconds sound clip from the True Lies movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:24:48 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Really? Checking on me. So what did these people say about me exactly?

- Well, they said that you can read ancient Sanskrit without having to sound out the words and other art dealers and archeologists don't really like you very much.

- Those wimps.

- It's because I use my diplomatic contacts to export cultural treasures from countries which tell them to take a hike.

- See, most of our pieces come from ancient Persia.

- Unfortunately, ancient Persia sits 20 feet under the sand of Iran, Iraq and Syria, not the most popular places lately.

- So I've had to become an expert in international diplomacy.

- Well, Mr. Renquist? Do you see anything you like?

- Maybe.

- Give me a break. I don't think they bugged my tuna sandwich.

- She's importing stuff from all over the Mid East.

- She could be moving money, guns, anything.

- The second you left there, we started getting calls to the ghost numbers. They were checking out the Renquist front.

[...]

True Lies Sound Clip

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Famous lines and funny quotes from the movie True Lies (1993), with sound bites, as rated by movie-sounds.org's visitors.

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Harry Tasker), Jamie Lee Curtis (Helen Tasker), Tom Arnold (Albert Gibson), Bill Paxton (Simon), Tia Carrere (Juno Skinner), Eliza Dushku (Dana Tasker), Charlton Heston (Director Spencer Trilby)

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