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JACK:
Are you in my office, Tert?

:25:02
No, no, no, Jack.
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I'm just conducting
a job interview here
at my desk.

:25:07
Job interview?
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Yeah, there's a Mr. Quoyle here.
:25:09
Says he's
an ink setter.

:25:11
The fella's a Quoyle, you say?
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And no mistake.
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Hmm.
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Have him
meet me at the dock in, uh

:25:17
one hour.
:25:19
That bronchitis of yours
cleared up already?

:25:21
Much better.
:25:23
Thanks for your concern.
:25:24
Okay, Jack.
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Quoyle!
Over here.

:25:31
Step lively.
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Uh... hello there, Mr. Buggit.
The man at the...

:25:40
The name's Jack.
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Come on, get in.
:25:54
I'm not a water person.
:25:56
All Quoyles
is water people.

:25:58
Boats is in your blood.
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That's why
I'm hiring you.

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I need somebody to cover
the shipping news.

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You'll get a list
from the harbormaster--

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what ships go in
to Killick-Claw...

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But, Mr. Buggit,
I-I-I'm an ink setter.

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Pay attention, me old son.
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I don't need no ink setter,
I need a reporter.

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And you'll do
local car wrecks.

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Take the picture,
write the story.

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We run a front-page photo
of a car wreck every week

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whether or not
we actually have a car wreck.

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Now, there's a knack
for taking photos

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that make you
feel something.

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If there's a dark
patch on the ground

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it reads blood whether it's
motor oil or Diet Coke.

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And you want
something human, uh

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a child's mitten, a purse
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a baseball cap
lying in the road.

:26:43
See, that's what makes it human.
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That's what makes
the reader feel.

:26:47
Jack, I'm, I'm no reporter.
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Jesus Sweet Christ.
:26:50
You think any of them tomcods
knew how to write

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when I hired them?
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I get a feeling
about people

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that's all.

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