“They wouldn't fire me. Even the salesmen liked me. They were robbing the boss out the back door but I didn't say anything. That was their little game. It didn't interest me. I wasn't much of a petty thief. I wanted the whole world or nothing.”
Variant: I wasn't much of a petty thief. I wanted the whole world or nothing."
Source: Post Office (1971)
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