Operators are made, they're not born, G. Skills can be taught.
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Teachers learn to be teachers, cops learn to be cops.
Mm-hmm. And somebody taught LeBron how to dunk from the free-throw line.
SEALs learn to be SEALs, G.
Oh, that's right. You couldn't swim when you enlisted, could you? How long did they let you wear the floaties? Look, I will take a lazy natural operator over an all-night studier any day of the week.
[sarcastic] It's too late, I already did it.
Mm-hm.
Nature versus nurture, quite the conundrum.
You cannot use the word "conundrum" before 9:30, Hetty.
9:31, which means, Mr. Callen, you're late.
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