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The rat race !!!

Fiona Every day, it's the same old thing.
Joey What do you mean ?
Fiona Take the bus, go to work, punch in, punch out. What's the point ?
Joey Well, you know, make money, do a good job. That sort of thing.
Fiona Well, I'm just not interested in the rat race.
Joey What would you rather be doing ?
Fiona I'd like to be making movies.
Joey Fiona, you hardly ever watch movies. And when you do, you don't pay attention.
Fiona Well, if I made a movie, I would pay attention to it !

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The rat race - a way of life in modern society, characterized by people competing with each other for power and money Example : He decided to get out of the rat race, and went to work on a farm.
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