Two small teacups side by side on a narrow blue plinth with a thin silver arc of light between them.

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Ferris

This is my ninth day missed. Cameron, I'm not doing this for me, I'm doing this for you.

— Ferris Bueller's Day Off  ·  1986

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Ferris acknowledges another missed day and insists that he is acting for Cameron's benefit. That justification remains his claim; the passage does not establish Cameron's agreement or the outcome.

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