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I never fucked anyone over in my life who didn't have it coming to 'em.

— Tony Montana • Scarface

A wooden gavel lies on a hand mirror surrounded by grey paper shapes.
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The speaker boasts of a personal code in which every person they ever wronged had earned it. It is self-justification dressed up as fairness: harm becomes deserved payback, and the speaker's conscience stays clean. The bluntness and swagger make the claim sound proud rather than apologetic.

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