Yeah, maybe. But at least I won't be unoriginal
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Are we gonna have a problem here?Clark:No, no, no, no! There's no problem here. I was just hoping you might give me some insight into the evolution of the market economy in the southern colonies. My contention is that prior to the Revolutionary War, the economic modalities, especially in the southern colonies, could be most aptly described as agrarian pre-capitalist.Will:Of course that's your contention. You're a first-year grad student; you just got finished reading some Marxian historian, Pete Garrison probably. You're gonna be convinced of that 'till next month when you get to James Lemon. Then you're going to be talking about how the economies of Virginia and Pennsylvania were entrepreneurial and capitalist way back in 1740. That's gonna last until next year; You're gonna be in here regurgitating Gordon Wood, talkin' about, you know, the pre-revolutionary utopia and the capital-forming effects of military mobilization.Clark:Well, as a matter of fact, I won't, because Wood drastically underestimates the impact of social...Will:"Wood drastically underestimates the impact of social distinctions predicated upon wealth, especially inherited wealth"? You got that from Vickers' "Work in Essex County," page 98, right? Yeah, I read that too. Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us? Do you have any thoughts of your own on this matter? Or do you, is that your thing, you come into a bar, read some obscure passage and then pretend - you pawn it off as your own, as your own idea just to impress some girls, embarrass my friend?Will:See, the sad thing about a guy like you is, in 50 years you're gonna start doin' some thinkin' on your own and you're going to come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life: one, don't do that, and two, you dropped 150 grand on a fuckin' education you could have got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library!Clark:Yeah, but I will have a degree. And you'll be servin' my kids fries at a drive-thru on our way to a skiing trip.Will:Yeah, maybe. But at least I won't be unoriginal
Are we gonna have a problem here?Clark:No, no, no, no! There's no problem here. I was just hoping you might give me some insight into the evolution of the market economy in the southern colonies. My contention is that prior to the Revolutionary War, the economic modalities, especially in the southern colonies, could be most aptly described as agrarian pre-capitalist.Will:Of course that's your contention. You're a first-year grad student; you just got finished reading some Marxian historian, Pete Garrison probably. You're gonna be convinced of that 'till next month when you get to James Lemon. Then you're going to be talking about how the economies of Virginia and Pennsylvania were entrepreneurial and capitalist way back in 1740. That's gonna last until next year; You're gonna be in here regurgitating Gordon Wood, talkin' about, you know, the pre-revolutionary utopia and the capital-forming effects of military mobilization.Clark:Well, as a matter of fact, I won't, because Wood drastically underestimates the impact of social...Will:"Wood drastically underestimates the impact of social distinctions predicated upon wealth, especially inherited wealth"? You got that from Vickers' "Work in Essex County," page 98, right? Yeah, I read that too. Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us? Do you have any thoughts of your own on this matter? Or do you, is that your thing, you come into a bar, read some obscure passage and then pretend - you pawn it off as your own, as your own idea just to impress some girls, embarrass my friend?Will:See, the sad thing about a guy like you is, in 50 years you're gonna start doin' some thinkin' on your own and you're going to come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life: one, don't do that, and two, you dropped 150 grand on a fuckin' education you could have got for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library!Clark:Yeah, but I will have a degree. And you'll be servin' my kids fries at a drive-thru on our way to a skiing trip.Will:Yeah, maybe. But at least I won't be unoriginal
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No no no no There's no problem here
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I was just hoping you might give me some insight into the evolution
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of the market economy in the southern colonies
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My contention is that prior to the Revolutionary War the economic modalities
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especially in the southern colonies
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could most aptly be characterized as
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agrarian precapitalist Let me tell you somethin'
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Of course that's your contention You're a first year grad student
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You just got finished readin' some Marxian historian Pete Garrison probably
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You're gonna be convinced of that till next month when you get to James Lemon
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Then you're gonna be talkin' about how the economies of Virginia and Pennsylvania
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were entrepreneurial and capitalist way back in 1740
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That's gonna last until next year You're gonna be in here regurgitatin' Gordon Wood
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talkin' about you know the prerevolutionary utopia
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and the capital forming effects of military mobilization
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Well as a matter of fact I won't
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because Wood drastically underestimates the impact of
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Wood drastically underestimates the impact of social distinctions
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predicated upon wealth especially inherited wealth
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You got that from Vickers' Work in Essex County Page 98 right
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I read that too Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us
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Do you have any thoughts of your own on this matter
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Or is that your thing You come into a bar You read some obscure passage
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Then pretend pawn it off as your own
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As your own idea just to impress some girls Embarrass my friend
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See the sad thing about a guy like you is in 50 years
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you're gonna start doin' some thinkin' on your own
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You're gonna come up with the fact that there are two certainties in life
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One Don't do that
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And two You dropped 150 grand on a fuckin' education
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you could've got for 1 50 in late charges at the public library
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Yeah but I will have a degree
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and you'll be servin' my kids fries at a drive through on our way to a skiing trip
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Maybe but at least I won't be unoriginal
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Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he will get treatment from therapist Sean Maguire.
