Because you believed in things, and what you believed in, you fought for.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Big Knife (1955) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:16:01 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- It's a fabulous deal, but it's for seven years, and the life that goes with it. Or should I say the death that goes with it?

- Look at yourself. You're half-dead right now. I haven't seen you sparkle in years.

- You put on a show for other people, but I'm your wife, I know it.

- Charlie, my Charlie... What's happened to your mind, your spirit, your soul?

- Charlie Cass, the guy I married. He was a tiger. He liked to argue.

- Because you believed in things, and what you believed in, you fought for.

- And that was Charlie Cass.

- What do you believe in now?

- What do you want? The wild-eyed kid I was, nursing a cup of coffee in Walgreens, yelling about the sad state of the theatre?

- I'll tell you what I don't want. I don't want one of those witless, sold-out guys sitting around a gin table, swapping phone numbers and the latest dirt!

[...]

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