And I got where I am with guts, compassion, elbow grease and something you're sadly lacking in, son.

— Perry White (Jackie Cooper)

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9 seconds sound clip from the Superman (1978) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 02:17:09 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- People break into a museum at night, kill two people and what do they take? A worthless piece of meteorite.

- How do you figure that?

- Well frankly, I've never been able to understand violence in any form.

- I know that about you, Kent. That's one of the reasons I wanted to talk to you.

- I've been in this news game 40 years, man and boy.

- And I got where I am with guts, compassion, elbow grease and something you're sadly lacking in, son.

- Um, humility?

- No, not humility. You got bags of humility.

- Aggression, confidence, that's the ticket. Take charge. Let people know who you are.

(High pitched noise)

- This is Lex Luthor. Only one thing alive with less than four legs can hear this frequency, Superman, and that's you.

[...]

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