5 seconds sound clip from the Christmas in July (1944) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:12:30 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- Look at this, your morning worksheet.
- The comptometer you operate is almost foolproof. Yet, you managed to miss your total by a little matter of 11000 dollars. To what do you attribute this?
- I don't know, Mr. Waterberry.
- Have you troubles at home then? You play the races? Or are you simply incapable of doing your work?
- Well I, oh I guess it's the contest Mr. Waterberry. The Maxford House contest.
- It's been on my mind. I had no idea it was hurting my work.
- Oh? And how much is the prize?
- The first prize is 25000 dollars.
- Ah yes, I used to think about 25000 dollars. And then one day I realized I would never have 25000 dollars.
- And then suddenly, another day, considerably later on in life, I realized something else: I may not be a rich man, but I'm not a failure either.
- Ambition is alright if it works, but no system could be right where only half of one percent were successes and all the rest were failures.
- No, I'm not a failure. I'm a success. And so are you, if you earn your own living and pay your own bills and look the world in the eye.
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