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We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next… — Frank Sobotka

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We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy’s pocket.

Frank Sobotka
The Wire · 2003
★ 6.9
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"Bad Dreams." The Wire, written by David Simon and George Pelecanos and Joy Kecken, directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, season 2, episode 11, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2003.

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