A scene from Good Will Hunting 1997
Sean

My dad laid brick. Okay? Busted his ass so I could have an education.

Will

Exactly. That's an honorable profession. What's wrong with..with fixing somebody's car. Someone can get to work the next day because of me. There's honor in that.

Sean

There's honor, ya know, in taking that 40-minute so those college kids could come in the morning and their floors are clean and their wastebaskets are empty. That's real work.

Will

That's right.

Sean

Right, and that's honorable. Sure that's why you took that job. I mean for the 'honor' of it. I just have a little question here. You could be a janitor anywhere. Why did work at the most prestigious technical college in the whole ****in' world? And why did you sneak around at night and finish other people's formulas that only one or two people in the world could do and then lie about it? 'Cause I don't see a lot of honor in that, Will. So what do you really want to do?

Will

I wanna be a shepherd.

Sean

Really.

Will

I wanna move up to Nashua, get a nice little spread, get some sheep and tend to them.

Sean

Maybe you should go do that.

Will

What?

Sean

You know, if you're going to jerk off, why don't you just do it at home with a moist towel?

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