Because I'm Good At It/Quotes

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"But I'm really good at killing. You might say it's my specialty. That and ballroom dancing. But guess which one I can actually make a living at..."
Deadpool, X-Men Legends II
"It was the greatest freedom and glory to be so good at something but the execution of her ability gave her no pleasure now, in the peak of the experience. She felt they were fools to attack her."
Narration, Chasing the Dragon

CJ: There gotta be an easier way of earning a living than this.

Cesar Vialpando: Sure, holmes, I guess, but what else are you qualified for?

CJ: Yeah, I feel you!
"If you're good at something, never do it for free."
Margaret disliked her husband's talk of "An interesting war. " Well acquainted with it's terrible details, she asked, "Raymond, how can you say that?" "It was my profession and it was an interesting war," he always replied.
—a recollection of the wife of Adm Spruance, from The Fleet At Flood Tide by James Hornfischer