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Jim Bennett: There was a student... just the other day... who said that my problem, if one's nature is a problem, rather than just problematic, is that I see things in terms of victory or death, and not just victory but total victory. And it's true: I always have. It's either victory, or don't bother. The only thing worth doing is the impossible. Everything else is gray. You're born... as a man... with the nerves of a soldier, the apprehension of an angel, to lift a phrase, but there is no use for it. Here? Where's the use for it? You're set up to be a philosopher or a king or Shakespeare, and this is all they give you? This? Twenty- odd years of school which is all instruction in how to be ordinary... or they'll fucking kill you, they fucking will, and then it's a career, which is not the same thing as existence... I want unlimited things. I want everything. A real love. A real house. A real thing to do... every day. I'd rather die if I don't get it. Did I just say that out loud?
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There was a student just the other day
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who said that my problem
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if one's nature is a problem
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rather than just fucking problematic right
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is that I see things in terms of victory or death
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and not just victory but total victory
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It's true
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I always have
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Well it's either victory or don't bother
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The only thing worth doing is the impossible right
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Everything else is fucking grey
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You're born as a man with the nerves of a soldier
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the apprehension of an angel to lift a phrase
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but there's no fucking use for it
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Here Where's the use for it
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What you're set to be a philosopher or a king or fucking Shakespeare
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and this is all they give you This
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What 20 odd years of school which is all instruction in how to be ordinary
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They'll fucking kill you and they fucking will
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You know and then it's a career right
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Which is just not the same thing as existence so
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I want unlimited things I want everything
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I want a real fucking love a real fucking house
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a real fucking thing to do every day
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and I just
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I'd just rather die if I don't get it
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Did I just say that out loud
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Movie Summary
Literature professor and gambler Jim Bennett's debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark. Further complicating his situation, is his relationship with one of his students. Will Bennett risk his life for a secon
