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"Look , Malcolm, I get it that you're ambitious. But can't you put that damn thing down just for a minute?"

"There comes a time, Little Buddy, when you have to just accept that you'll never be famous....that your life will never be adapted for television and that when you die, only five or six people will truly care."

Relationship counselor: 'She started behaving strangely, and our man-machine interface has become unpredictable.'

And here's the office floor plan. The numbers indicate the recommended sequence in which to step on people on your way to the top.

'That's the first cubicle I ever worked in.'

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

"I've finally arrived. The C.E.O. stopped saying 'who the hell are you' whenever he sees me."

'I have everything a man could want - But I've still managed to hang onto my petty ambitions.'

If a moo can rise to the top, so can I.

"Of course, it may be one of those sting operations!"

"That thermostat I bought is smart. It knows how cheap I am, so it keeps our home freezing."

"Yes, I'm sure you do deserve further career advancement. But if I promote you again you'll have my job!"

'I fetch, but it hasn't helped my career any.'

"Ambitions... to make a career change from tourism to sales."

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

I'm willing to start at the bottom and work my way up to your job..

'Oh no...I'm living the dream.'

"Look at her...Gracie is intelligent, optimistic, ambitious..I wish she was one more thing."

"You'll find I'm highly motivated and ambitious...oh, is this your desk?"

Wall Street has a one way arrow upwards.

"It's a long term goal."

"He's a psychopath with megalomanic tendencies...I like that in a candidate!"

'In five year's time?... I see myself on that side of the desk telling you it's a great shame, thanks for all your hard work, but I'm going to have to let you go!'

What is possible/what is probable.

"I worked my way up from a goddamn steamboat - I am the American Dream."

"Please mum - not the baby photos."

"So, professor, in a post-industrial robotic universe, what would be the role of politicians?"

"There's no denying that you are ambitious but we are looking for someone with more dress sense."

'I realize money can't buy happiness, so I'm just trying to improve the exchange rate.'

"Shape up, son! You want to be a dung beetle the rest of your life?"

"What, another live person?! Listen, do you have any computers over there I can speak with?"

Desk at the Horizon

"I started out on a molehill - What about you?"

'Shouldn't you be somewhere clawing yourself to the top, or something?'