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Career Choices and Missed Opportunities
Wallace
After everything she told me, and checking on your excellent record in college, I'm wondering why you choose to drive a taxi for a living.
Donald Morton
At my interview with IBM after I graduated college, they asked me what my plans were, and I said, "Probably go to McDonalds for a 12-piece McNugget and two cheeseburgers, and then do my laundry.
Wallace
Did they laugh, at least?
Donald Morton
They smiled and said they'd call me. They didn't.
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Miscommunication in Relationships
Isabelle
All this time, and you didn't call.
Donald
I was gonna call.
Isabelle
You were?
Donald
Well, just to tell you that I wasn't gonna call so that you wouldn't be aggravated, sitting around waiting and wondering when I was--
Isabelle
Gonna call?
Donald
Yeah. But in the end, I figured that forcing myself into your life was probably not right. I would always do that. So the only nice thing I had left to give was just not to call.
Isabelle
I hated you for not calling. Because you were always gonna be there, and when you weren't, it was as if you didn't love me anymore.
Donald
So go home, I'll call ya.
Isabelle
I can't promise you the future, Donald Duck. I don't know if this is for 2 days or 20 years.
[sighs]
Donald
Maybe it's something about us that's normal.
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Advice on Belonging and Self-Perception
Gregory
Can I give you some advice?
Donald Morton
Can I humanly stop you?
Gregory
Stick with the group. Compared to us, you're a god. And, uh, next to Isabelle, which you will *never* be again, you don't come off so hot.
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Ironic Timing of Early Preparation
Donald Morton
I'm late, which is ironic, because I started out 9 hours and 23 minutes early.
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