It was when I met the world.
4 seconds sound clip from the Goodfellas movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:11:16 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I knew Paulie didn't want anybody dying in the building.
- You're a real jerk. You wasted eight fucking aprons on this guy.
- What the hell's wrong with you? I got to toughen this kid up.
- It was a glorious time. And wiseguys were all over the place.
- It was before Apalachin and before Crazy Joe decided to take on a boss and start a war.
- It was when I met the world.
- And it was when I first met Jimmy Conway.
- He couldn't have been more than 28 or 29 at the time but he was already a legend.
- He'd walk in the door and everybody who worked the room just went wild.
- He'd give the doorman a hundred just for opening the door.
[...]