It's a question of methods. Everybody wants results, but nobody wants to do what they have to do to get them done.

— Inspector Dirty Harry Callahan, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)

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8 seconds sound clip from the Sudden Impact (1983) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:11:52 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- What makes you think I'm a cop?

- I saw the commotion here the other day. You're either a cop or public enemy number one.

- Some people might say both.

- Really? Who?

- Oh, bozos with big brass nameplates on their desks and asses the shape of the seat of their chairs.

- Why?

- It's a question of methods. Everybody wants results, but nobody wants to do what they have to do to get them done.

- And you do?

- I do what I have to do.

- I'm glad, but, you know, you're an endangered species. This is the age of lapsed responsibilities and defeated justice.

- Today, an eye for an eye means only if you're caught. Even then it's an indefinite postponement and let's settle out of court.

- Does that sound profound or just boring?

[...]

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