Don't you kid yourself about that. There will always be guys trying to get up there quick, and I'm one of them.

— Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney)

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8 seconds sound clip from the The Roaring Twenties (1939) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:31:24 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Yeah. We'll do it some other time.

- If there's anything I can do...

- Oh, there's... I'm not looking for any favors from nobody.

- I just ran into a streak of bad luck, that's all. I'll be up there on top again. I just got to figure a new angle.

- The days of the rackets are over.

- Don't you kid yourself about that. There will always be guys trying to get up there quick, and I'm one of them.

- I know you take your job very seriously, and I'll give you some good advice.

- The papers say the district attorney's office is building up a case against our friend George.

- It's already built up.

- You remember what George said would happen if you talked?

- I remember.

- So does he.

[...]

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