- What is man's use? Why is he here? Why is he born at all?
- To leave the world in some way better than he found it.
10 seconds sound clip from the The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:18:49.929 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Why are those children holding out their hands?
- They are homeless, Claus. They have no one to care for them. No Necile, no Shiegra.
- And they have no money to buy food. They depend on the generosity of others.
- I would like to help them, Great Ak. There must be something I can do.
- And men go to war. They fight amongst themselves for what are known as causes.
- Sometimes. More often, they are not.
- War. Men kill each other when they disagree?
- What is man's use? Why is he here? Why is he born at all?
- To leave the world in some way better than he found it.
- Great Ak, how can I do that?
- Great Ak showed me all the places in man's world.
- My world, it's a hard and cruel place but it's where I have to live.
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