My manner

A snippet of dialogue that I'm reminded of very often in my everyday life,
from the film Lawrence of Arabia:



                     LAWRENCE
       Good morning, sir.
    
                       MURRAY
       Salute! If you're insubordinate of me,
       Lawrence, I shall put you under arrest.
    
                       LAWRENCE
       It's my manner, sir.
    
                       MURRAY
       Your what?
    
                       LAWRENCE
       My manner, sir. It looks insubordinate,
       but it isn't really.
    
                       MURRAY
       No, I can't make out whether you're
       bloody bad-mannered, or just half-witted.
    
                       LAWRENCE
       I have the same problem, sir.
    
                       MURRAY
       Shut up!
    
                       LAWRENCE
       Yes, sir.
    
                       MURRAY
       Now, the Arab Bureau seem to think you
       would be of some use to them in Arabia.
       Why? I can't imagine! You don't seem able
       to perform your present duties properly.
    
                       LAWRENCE
       I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great
       state from a little city.
    
                       MURRAY
       What!
    
                       LAWRENCE
       Themistocles, sir. A Greek philosopher.
    
                       MURRAY
       I know you've been well educated,
       Lawrence. It says so in your dossier.
       You're the kind of creature I can't
       stand, Lawrence, but I suppose I could be
       wrong. All right, Dryden, you can have
       him for six weeks. Who knows? Might even
       make a man of him. Come in. Yes? What is
       it, Hallon?



That's it....  Many people have gotten sick of my manner ;-p ...
but fortunately not everybody.
As with Lawrence, it's who I am.

But making a great state from a small city
isn't nearly enough for me ;-)