In this business, you got to have a little dirt on you for anybody to trust you.
8 seconds sound clip from the Training Day (2001) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:19:05 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- 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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