- Except that I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson.
- What's that?
- Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up.
— (John Wood)
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12 seconds sound clip from the WarGames (1983) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:22:36 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Nature knows when to give up.
- If Joshua tricks them into launching an attack, it'll be your fault.
- Except that I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson.
- Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up.
- What kind of lesson is that?
- Did you ever play tic-tac-toe?
- No. Why?
- Because it's a boring game. It's always a tie.
- Exactly. There's no way to win. The game itself is pointless.
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