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Quote by Billy Connolly
My ambition was to be regarded as a nuisance.
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The speaker says their goal was to be seen as a nuisance rather than as agreeable or harmless. The wording presents irritation or disruption as a deliberate measure of success: being bothersome would mean they had made their presence felt.
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