You know, the funny thing is, on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.

— Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins)

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11 seconds sound clip from the The Shawshank Redemption movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:23:12 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- It's amazing what you can accomplish by mail.

- Mr. Stevens has a birth certificate, a driver's license, social security number.

- You're shitting me?

- If they ever trace any of those accounts, they're going to wind up chasing a figment of my imagination.

- Well, I'll be damned. Did I say you were good? Shit, you're a Rembrandt!

- You know, the funny thing is, on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.

- Hah!

- Ever bother you?

- I don't run the scams, Red, I just process the profits.

- Fine line maybe but I also built that library and used it to help a dozen guys get a high school diploma.

[...]

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