Plum fountain pen across blank cream paper hearts with a small ink stain, plus small plum flowers

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Lloyd Dobler

What I really want to do – what I want to do for a living – is I want to be with your daughter. I’m good at it.

— Say Anything... • 1989

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker describes what they want to do for a living as being with the listener's daughter, turning devotion into a career. Adding "I'm good at it" brings in cheeky, confident humour beside the sincerity, as though love were a skill to list on a résumé.

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