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900] - Speaker 1
Chris Gardner, first garden. How are you? Good morning, Chris Gardner. Chris
Garden. It's see again for pleasure. I've been sitting out there for the last half
hour trying to come up with a story that would explain by being here dressed like
this. And I wanted to come up with a story that would demonstrate qualities that
I'm sure you all admire here, like earnestness or diligence team playing to
something. And I couldn't think of anything. So the truth is, I was arrested for
failure to pay parking tickets.

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Parking. And I ran all the way here from the Poke station. The police station.

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What were you doing before you were arrested?

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I was painting my apartment.

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You dry now?

[00:01:11.540] - Speaker 1
I hope so.

[00:01:12.720] - Speaker 2
Jay says you were pretty determined. He's been waiting outside the front of the
building with some £40 Gizmo for over a month. He said, you're smart.

[00:01:21.070] - Speaker 1
I like to think so.

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And you want to learn this business?

[00:01:24.820] - Speaker 1
Yes, sir. I want to learn this business.

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Have you already started learning on your own?

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Absolutely, Jay. Yes, sir.

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How many times have you seen Chris? I don't know.

[00:01:36.400] - Speaker 1
One too many, apparently.

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Do you have a dress like this? No jacket and tie. First in your class. School? High
school?

[00:01:49.390] - Speaker 1
Yes, sir.

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How many in the class? Twelve.
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It's a small town. But I was also first in my radar class in the Navy. And that was
a class of 20. Can I say something? I'm the type of person. If you ask me a
question and I don't know the answer, I'm going to tell you that. I don't know. But
I bet you what I know how to find the answer. And I will find the answer. Is that
fair enough.

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Chris, what would you say if a guy walk in for an interview without a shirt on and
I hired? What would you say?

[00:02:42.130] - Speaker 1
You must have had some really nice pants, Chris, I don't know how you did address
of the garbage man, but you really pulled it off in there. Thank you very much, Mr.
Twister. Hey, now you can call me Jay. All right. We'll talk to you soon, so I'll
let you know. Jay, you want me know.

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Jake, what do you mean?

[00:03:15.670] - Speaker 1
Yeah. I'll give you a call tomorrow sometime. And what are you talking?

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You hounded me for this.

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You stood here. Listen, there's no salary. No, I was not aware of that. My
circumstances have changed and I need to be certain that I'll be okay.

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Tonight. I swear I will fill your spot. I promise. You all look like if you back
out, you know what I look like to the partners.

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Yes. And as.

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All the way.

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You are a piece of work tonight.