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“- Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding: These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.
- Heywood: Shit. I could never get like that.
- Ernie: Oh yeah? Say that when you been here as long as Brooks has.
- Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding: Goddamn right. They send you here for life, and that's exactly what they take. The part that counts, anyway.”they're in prison
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(The Shawshank Redemption)
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