The sooner you can match what's in your head with what's going on in the real world, the better you're going to feel.
11 seconds sound clip from the Training Day (2001) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:18:55 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- God. It... It can't be like this.
- It is this way, man. I'm sorry I exposed you to it, but it is. It's ugly, but it's necessary.
- I became a cop to put away drug dealers, the poisoners, the criminals, not to be one.
- You sound just like me, and I know what you're going through. I know what you're feeling.
- Yes, you are. You're terrified. Everybody goes through that the first time. I went through it.
- In this business, you got to have a little dirt on you for anybody to trust you.
- And when all this is behind you, there's going to be a whole other world that opens up for you.
- I walk a higher path, son. I can give you the keys to all the doors.
- My guys are pretty good, but they're not leaders. They're clowns. You're a leader.
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