Swingers - Conflicting Advice on Relationships
Mike:
Okay, so what if I don't want to give up on her?
Rob:
You don't call.
Mike:
But you said I don't call if I wanted to give up on her.
Rob:
Right.
Mike:
So I don't call either way?
Rob:
Right.
Mike:
So what's the difference?
Rob:
There is no difference right now. See, Mike, the only difference between giving up and not giving up is if you take her back when she wants to come back. But you can't do anything to make her want to come back. In fact, you can only do stuff to make her not want to come back.
Mike:
So the only difference is if I forget about her or just pretend to forget about her?
Rob:
Right.
Mike:
Well that sucks.
Rob:
Yeah, it sucks.
Mike:
So it's just like a retroactive decision, then? I mean I could, like, forget about her and then when she comes back make like I just pretended to forget about her?
Rob:
Right. Although probably more likely the opposite.
Mike:
What do you mean?
Rob:
I mean at first you're going to pretend to forget about her, you'll not call her, I don't know, whatever... but then eventually, you really will forget about her.
Mike:
Well what if she comes back first?
Rob:
Mmmm... see, that's the thing, is somehow they know not to come back until you really forget.
Mike:
There's the rub.
Rob:
There's the rub.
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Swingers - Embracing the Future Beyond the Past
Rob:
You don't look at the things that you have, you only look at the stuff that you don't have. Those guys are right. You're money.
Mike:
Then why won't she call?
Rob:
She won't call because you left. She's got her own life to deal with and that's in New York. She's a sweet girl and I love her to pieces, but fuck her, man. You got to get on with your life. You've got to let go of the past Mikey, and when you do, the future is beautiful. Alright? Look out the window. It's sunny every day here. It's like manifest destiny. Don't tell me we didn't make it. We made it. We're here. And everything that is past is prologue to this, all the shit that didn't kill us is only - ya know, all that shit... You're gonna get over it.
Mike:
How did you get over it? I mean, how long did it take you?
Rob:
I don't know, man. Sometimes it still hurts. I don't know, man. It's like you wake up every day and it hurts a little less, and then you wake up one day and it doesn't hurt at all. And it's like, and this might sound a little weird, but it's like you almost miss that pain.
Mike:
You miss the pain?
Rob:
Yeah. For the same reason you miss her... Because you lived with it for so long.
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Office Space - Contemplating Wealth and Its Possibilities
Peter Gibbons:
What would you do if you had a million dollars?
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Office Space - The Unwelcome Case of the Mondays
Peter Gibbons:
Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday and you're not feeling real well, does anyone ever say to you, "Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays?
Lawrence:
No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin something like that, man.
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Office Space - Questioning Career Aspirations and Realities
Peter Gibbons:
Our high school guidance counselor used to ask us what you would do if you had a million dollars and didn't have to work. And invariably, whatever you'd say, that was supposed to be your career. So if you wanted to fix old cars, then you're supposed to be an auto mechanic.
Samir Nagheenanajar:
So what did you say?
Peter Gibbons:
I never had an answer. I guess that's why I'm working at Initech.
Michael Bolton:
No, you're working at Initech cause that question is bullshit to begin with. If everybody listened to her, there would be no janitors, because no one will clean shit up if they had a million dollars.
Samir Nagheenanajar:
(smiling) You know what I would do if I had million dollars? I would invest half of it in low-risk mutual funds, and then take the other half over to my friend Sadulach who works in Securities...
Michael Bolton:
Samir, Samir, you're missing the point. The point of the exercise is that you're supposed to figure out what you would (the printer makes a discouraging sound and then stops) want, to do if.. (reads the printer's display) "PC load letter"?!! The fuck does that mean?!! (he lashes out and knocks a paper tray off)
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Office Space - Reflecting on Their Nerdy Pursuit
Peter Gibbons:
(after Michael's computer virus has taken $300,000 over the weekend, and the trio try to absolve themselves) I can't believe what a bunch of nerds we are. We're looking up "money laundering" in a dictionary.
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Office Space - The Value of Doing Nothing
Peter Gibbons:
Michael, I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything I thought it could be.
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Office Space - Embracing Life Beyond the Cubicle
Peter Gibbons:
(to Michael, when the two of them are drinking at a bar) We don't have a lot of time on this Earth! We weren't meant to spend it this way! Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements!
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