this is a human conversation

Goddamn it, Andrew. 

- If you're gonna succeed at this thing- - What thing? 

This thing you're trying to do- you've got to stop being so damn deferential. 

- I can't help being deferential. It's built in. - Then change. 

Change? I have changed. 

I don't mean on the outside. Change on the inside. 

- Take chances, make mistakes. - Mistakes? 

Yes! Sometimes it's important not to be perfect, okay? 

- It's important to do the wrong thing. - Do the wrong thing? 

- Yes! - Why? Oh, I see- to learn from your mistakes. 

No, to make them. 

To find out what's real and what's not. To find out what you feel. 

Human beings are terrible messes, Andrew. 

I'll grant you that. I see. 

This is what is known as an irrational conversation, isn't it? 

No, this is a human conversation. 

It's not about being rational. It's about following your heart. 

- And that's what I should do? - Yes. 

And you have a heart, Andrew. You do. 

I feel it. I don't even believe it sometimes, but I do feel it. 

And in order to follow that heart, 

one must do the wrong thing. 

Yes. 

Thank you.

One is glad to be of service. 

#BicentennialMan