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You know the difference between addition,
subtraction and possibly multiplication?
:19:05
Yes, sir. I'm pretty good at it.
:19:08
Have you troubles at home? You
henpecked? Suffering from a broken heart?
:19:12
Had your teeth examined lately?
:19:14
Or are you purely and simply
incapable of doing your work?
:19:17
Well, I... I guess it's the contest,
Mr Waterbury,
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the Maxford House contest.
:19:23
I had no idea it was hurting my work.
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- How much is the prize?
- The first prize is $25,000.
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Yes.
:19:30
I used to think about $25,000 too,
and what I'd do with it.
:19:35
That I'd be a failure
if I didn't get a hold of it.
:19:37
And then one day I realised
I was never going to have $25,000.
:19:44
And then another day a little bit later,
considerably later,
:19:47
I realised something else,
:19:49
something I'm imparting to you now,
Mr MacDonald.
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I'm not a failure. I'm a success.
:19:56
You see, ambition is all right if it works.
:19:59
But no system could be right where only
half of one per cent were successes
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and all the rest were failures.
:20:05
I'm not a failure. I'm a success.
:20:07
So are you if you earn your own living and
pay your bills and look the world in the eye.
:20:13
I hope you win your $25,000, Mr MacDonald.
:20:17
But if you shouldn't happen to,
don't worry about it.
:20:21
Now get the heck back to your desk
and try to improve your arithmetic.
:20:26
Yes, sir, Mr Waterbury.
:20:30
- Thank you.
- It's all right.