I did hurt him once, okay? It was an accident. Completely unintentional. It could have happened to anybody. And it was three goddamn years ago!

— Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson)

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19 seconds sound clip from the The Shining (1980) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:52:40 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You were always the best of them. Best goddamned bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine. Or Portland, Oregon, for that matter.

- Thank you for saying so.

- I never laid a hand on him, goddamn it. I didn't. I wouldn't touch one hair on his goddamn little head.

- I love the little son of a bitch. I'd do anything for him. Any fucking thing for him.

- But that bitch! As long as I live she'll never let me forget what happened.

- I did hurt him once, okay? It was an accident. Completely unintentional. It could have happened to anybody. And it was three goddamn years ago!

- The little fucker had thrown all my papers all over the floor. All I tried to do was pull him up.

- A momentary loss of muscular coordination. I mean, a few extra foot-pounds of energy per second, per second.

- Jack!

- Oh, Jack. Thank God you're here. Jack.

[...]

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