"Have I got a firm grip on everything?" "There must be no mistakes" "This is our big test" "Have we got big photos of all the hovels and ruins?" "Yes, even those that have gone" "Good, powerful images" "Has the water been pumped?" "Yes" "What time did you get up, Jasio?" "Four-thirty, sir i hope you'll be able to get up later now" "What is this list?" "People attending the meeting" "Cross them out, I don't want to see them here" "Have you seen this, sir?" "Who wrote this?" "Keep that journalist out of here" "What about the people outside?" "They're coming of their own accord." "They want this, too" "Think I don't know it?" "We're working for them" "All the same, make sure they all turn up outside lt's your job, see to it" "Hurry, line up properly" "In the leading role" "From the short story by Romuald Karas" "Dialogue by Romuald Karas and Krzysztof Kieslowski" "Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski" "Photographed by Slawomir Idziak" "Let's go to the town" "THE SCAR" "Five provinces want to have this factory" "There have been dozens of commissions and the decision must be made soon" "I've photos to show you" "You can see from the photos how people are living in this town" "They need a place to work" "Our province has always lost out on industrial development" "This is our big chance, we can't let it go" "Not everyone agrees." "An article in this paper criticizes the location" "We must consider public opinion." "Have you read it?" "No." "When it comes to public opinion look here" "This is public opinion." "Just look, Comrade" "The Minister should see this, and so should all who lecture us about the beauty of nature" "Everyone wants work in the factory" "They need work." "Look at them and look at the photos" "is this my coffee?" "Congratulations on the window idea." "We'll build here in the near future" "Who will be the Director?" "Has it been decided yet?" "I don't want to..." "My colleague Lech, Comrade..." "Don't you know him?" "Yes" "We have a local man in mind" "Someone with great experience" "Who will it be?" "Did they play well?" "Yes, you know how they are" "A good score?" "They lost" "No, the Director won't be in today" "Your ticket to Warsaw" "They called" "Do I need to take anything?" "No, just yourself" "How long for?" "." "They didn't say" "Did you ask?" "Yes" "What are you doing here, have you changed jobs?" "No, I'm still there." "How do you like it in Silesia?" "They forecast rain and it's fine lt did rain a bit" "Listen, this is important and it's my baby, as usual" "You haven't changed" "Well, listen to this, it's a big one" "Tell me" "You'll be the chief at Olecko" "We're late for the meeting, your plane was delayed" "Ewa's come?" "Why?" "What for?" "It's only for a few days" "She must rest" "She's not well" "An abortion?" "That girl!" "Stefan, calm down" "What abut the Warsaw trip?" "Olecko... I'm not going there. I don't want to go back" "No one there remembers an event of twenty years ago" "They'll remember, for sure" "l won't go back -l'll put things right" "We'll put things right" "Listen, if you did the wrong thing..." "And even if people remember... I did the right thing" "What about the dog?" "I'll take him" "Who set you onto me?" "Come on, sir, you know how it is I have stories to cover and this is a big one" "Yes, it's big" "The thing is, I'd like to... I'd like to go about it a bit differently;" "let's just talk" "Talk about your problems, your difficulties... frankly" "Yes." "Frankly" "Plans always look very fine but the reality can be rough" "Are you recording?" "Then we'd better put it differently" "Do you agree?" "This isn't a feature film, no second takes" "Have you researched this area?" "My uncle, Professor Michta, lives here I know him" "Can I start?" "We are at a vast new building site" "A few months ago it was forest" "Now the area is swarming with construction workers, bulldozers" "This is Stefan Bednarz, Director of the project" "What do you consider to be most important here?" "This is a great opportunity for the region" "Olecko is a lovely, historic town but it's been rather overlooked" "Only two months ago the woodcutter lived at the edge of a forest" "Two centuries old trees?" "The price of civilization I've been in these parts before" "Ten kilometres away there's nothing but sand, no trees to clear" "That's another province." "This place was underdeveloped, under-invested" "Where are we going?" "Speaking one's mind is excellent but your fears are unfounded" "Be patient, trust us" "Things are difficult and rather rushed but this is a valid development" "All very well, but why wasn't this discussed before?" "Why wasn't there open competition?" "The factory's being built, but what are you doing for our town?" "What other plans has the architect got?" "We prefer our old town" "We see the harm you're doing" "Just walk around Dzialki" "Everything's being destroyed there" "Houses are being flattened" "Everything people worked upon for their old age their gardens, their trees, everything's being destroyed I do understand, but we have to lay pipes" "Your 500 metres of pipes had to have right of way so you bulldozed houses regardless" "Your comments are rather personal, lacking perspective ignoring the wider social issues, the town's development" "You are airing prejudices" "Don't insult us lt is not the purpose of this meeting..." "Speak to the point, sir" "Mr. Chairman, citizens l must express my surprise and disappointment" "A forest of some ten thousand hectares is being affected" "Even before it's built, the factory is devastating the area" "What about water?" "Wells have been drilled, causing drought in the area" "These are facts" "Park over there" "Why Olecko?" "Why our town?" "It's not you, of course, Chairman" "You can step aside from responsibility" "Director Bednasz is responsible" "He is no ordinary engineer and technocrat" "He's another breed, a genuine humanist" "He wants the town to develop but he forgets one thing" "He won't last for ever, someone else will follow him" "He might be succeeded by a technocrat of a director a philistine mentality who destroys all he worked for, such as the theatre everything like that" "I've studied your face, Mr. Chairman lt's that of a self-satisfied man convinced he's doing the best for everyone" "I'd like to ask you if you've been paying attention to what we're saying..." "What is it?" "Yes, Lech is with me, but he's very busy" "Sort it out for yourself" "I know there's been trouble between you but all that was twenty years ago" "That's none of my business" "Do I have to spell it out to you?" "I can't go into all that I won't mince words I need you to work in Bednarz's team" "is it you?" "It's you" "Good day, Director!" "The Chairman had a hunch that you would come" "He's had the whole house cleaned up for you" "Just look" "You used to live here, didn't you?" "Will you go up?" "No, I didn't intend to" "Tell my assistant to join me on the site" "Director" "You sent for me?" "Some young sociologists are coming" "They'll be conducting surveys, questioning people about the change in the town's character, changing mentalities" "They can get their Ph.Ds, but I need information on the general mood" "A deal with them?" "Don't be tricky I want information, not denunciation I want figures and trends" "Arrange a dinner with them ls that all, sir?" "Put them on the payroll." "Pay them well" "Get them started at once" "Do what you want!" "Come on!" "Crush me!" "I won't let you through" "Stop the work" "l won't let you" "Please get down" "Calm down. I've stopped the work I say no!" "Sir, journalists" "Were you filming?" "No, I'm on my own today" "Break it up, please l am the first to be informed" "Or not informed -lnform me first" "Happy birthday!" "Welcome, dear Director!" "You know Jan and Lech" "The chief architect, the agriculturalist, the prosecutor" "Work's going well" "The guest rooms are upstairs" "Here's the lovely bathroom" "Fully tiled, very nice indeed" "This is our project lt's badly situated" "It likes Carmen cigarettes" "Mr. Chairman, look at this lt's not good" "You're funding it" "But it's your housing project, you've had it built" "We'll be blamed for it afterwards" "Carmen cigarettes" "Only a few old houses are affected" "You've made a big mistake" "Maybe, but it doesn't change anything lf we don't build here, we'll waste a year" "You'll need that housing for 3,000 people in six months" "l'll manage" "How?" "You promised housing l'll bus people in" "We can build roads instead of houses" "Lech is head of municipal transport" "Staszek, how are the roads after all this rain?" "Fifty-five per cent are unusable" "Let's drop the subject now." "Drink up" "A brotherly toast" "l'm Bolek -l'm Stefan" "What are they up to?" "She ate my whole packet" "But she won't be friends" "Let's have a drink with Lech" "We know each other" "Wretch!" "You don't want Lech?" "Why not?" "furniture" "Which is mine?" "This way" "Hello." "You're moving in, I see" "The kitchen, the bathroom, your bedroom" "Your wife's room" "Your study" "We can put a door in to join two flats" "What's next door?" "Just two rooms" "Very good." "Have you got the keys to it?" "lt's the smallest -lt'll do me fine" "Just one thing." "Can you fit some blinds?" "To make a darkroom" "No problem, there are lots in the school" "What oiks!" "We'll have it cleaned up" "Well?" "l'll take it" "Shall we go?" "You go, I'll stay. I'm at home" "Well, how is it going?" "We're managing, Minister I hear you don't want Stanislaw Lech" "The municipality is for him, so are we." "Why so stubborn?" "Can't I choose my own deputy?" "The municipality doesn't want him, they're dumping him on me" "Why say that?" "Be discreet about it. lt's tactics I don't have to teach you that I've heard that your television appearances are not well received" "They don't want a motorway across the park, or new houses in an old town" "Public opinion" "Don't make things hard for yourself" "But to get back to Lech" "His presence in the factory isn't a compromise, it's sensible" "Aren't there more important matters?" "Yes, exactly" "Your coffee, Minister." "Tea for the gentleman" "Your number is ringing." "Shall I put you through?" "Not now" "Why not?" "Go ahead" "Ewa. lt's Daddy" "Can you spare time to see me?" "Six o'clock, at the Kameralna" "You're hard to reach, Ewa" "Don't ring me there again, Daddy" "Here's my new number" "How's the dog?" "Fine" "This is your fourth number" "It's no way to live." "You have to know what you want" "What about you?" "You change your work, house, acquaintances" "You leave Mum on her own, is that the way to live?" "She didn't want to come with me" "You don't understand her" "She just didn't want to" "You won't remember those days, but we didn't leave there on a whim" "Mother ran the Party branch at the high school" "They fired Lech, a teacher" "Some small farms had been split up." "Times were different then" "We left in '56." "Years ago" "Mum still dwells on it" "Understand her" "Can you find her a job?" "Whenever she likes ln the same school?" "Mother is sick of you being able to fix everything I'm sick of it" "I've wasted two years studying so that I wouldn't owe you anything" "Drink up -lt's sultry" "So all I've done is wrong" "Maybe I should have left you alone" "Maybe mother is better off alone" "Name?" "Witucki, Jozef" "Education?" "School certificate" "Do you want a flat?" "How many technicians?" "Two" "How many technicians?" "Twelve" "Primary and unfinished secondary?" "Forty-nine" "Unfinished primary?" "Two hundred and eleven" "Good." "Can I make a call?" "Mr. Bednarz, it's going well" "So far, thirty-two technicians, two hundred and ten..." "Take it easy, no need to shove." "is anyone hurt?" "Everyone will be seen" "As I was saying, two hundred and ten with school certificate" "Lots of people, it's a scramble" "On the other side" "At four o'clock?" "That's definite?" "I'll tell him" "They're starting at four o'clock" "The Director must sign here" "I did tell you..." "Fine." "Good-bye" "Who signed that?" "Head of Transport" "What's his name?" "Stasek Lech" "Get me Chief of Personnel" "Please call Piramowicz" "Hania, I'd like some tea" "Get those pumps going" "What frequency?" "I want those pumps checked" "Why wasn't I told we had a Head of Transport?" "How long's he been here?" "A month." "The Municipal Council recommended him" "He's from the Board of Transport" "Why didn't you tell me?" "We needed a good man who has contacts everywhere" "But why wasn't I informed?" "The Technical Director endorsed it I told you to check the pumps I want to know who we employ." "You're dismissed" "You authorized payments to sociologists who don't work for us" "You're dismissed" "Sociologists on the payroll?" "They are" "Katowice for you. I said it would be quick" "It's me." "Stefan I know it's you." "What's the matter?" "." "Quiet. it's my husband lt's four a.m." "Well, what have you got to tell me?" "We're inaugurating the factory tomorrow." "You should come" "What are you doing?" "It's my birthday." "Lots of useful things" "Learning English, doing housework." "How's the dog?" "Asleep" "Listen... happy birthday" "Thank you" "Ewa's coming to see you." "She rang me" "She wants to bring her boyfriend, a photographer or something" "That's good news" "This looks all right, doesn't it?" "I have to shoot twenty minutes a month" "Mr. Bednarz, we're ready" "My computer expert" "Doesn't he know too much?" "He does indeed" "A sight for sore eyes" "We had to get people here" "Excuse the informality, Ewa." "From your father" "Come and join us" "Later, maybe" "We'll expect you" "Have you got a job for me?" "I remember you when you were a toddler" "Me and a mate were felling trees and he said..." "See the Head of Personnel." "Say Bednarz sent you" "You're a lovely girl." "No offence meant" "No offence taken" "Here's to the Director!" "Have a drink with me" "Sergeant, throw that drunk out" "Over by the buffet" "Give me a job." "Hold on, I'm not going anywhere" "Look" "You even lit up the hillside?" "That's the cemetery" "Tell me, Daddy" "Are you pleased with all this?" "is the great Bednarz happy?" "I'm doing my job" "You're a builder." "But why are you incapable of dealing with people's affairs?" "You sound like your mother" "Stop it" "You did treat Lech badly" "Why?" "Why not admit it?" "It's ridiculous" "You're strong" "Why not be brave enough to tell him you're sorry, you were wrong?" "You want to know what happened here long ago?" "No, I don't" "What I care about is today" "See what they did to that guy you promised a job to?" "You didn't?" "They kicked him out" "Don't you feel that nothing depends on you any more?" "Let's not talk about the site, let's talk about me" "What do you know about me?" "Nothing." "You're afraid to find out" "Because, Daddy I break the ties that bind me, understand?" "You think that's a solution?" "Yes" "And this resulted in your two unborn children?" "The UN Security Council in New York will discuss the deteriorating situation in Vietnam" "Home news" "The chemical factory at Olecko was inaugurated today after four years of hard work by thousands of people lt was one of Poland's biggest construction sites" "The ceremony was attended by leading members of the government and Party builders and the municipality" "Medals were awarded to the Director, Stefan Bednarz builder Jan Marcinkowski and co-ordinator Jan Wojcik by the Minister for the Chemical Industry Department of Trade" "The factory will produce 32,000 tonnes of nitrates annually for agricultural use" "A tour of the factory followed the inauguration and a review of perspectives" "The workforce staged festivities" "Further reports in our programme Problems of Today" "When did you get it?" "Yesterday lt's really something" "What's that?" "Aperture control" "Look" "Lovely horses" "I'm trying to listen objectively and it seems to me this enterprise has negatively transformed your once perfect town I must tell you, and there's no secret about this I once lived in this town and I knew what problems there were" "People said other towns were developed but never this one" "is it true you're trebling the size of the factory?" "Yes, three times as big" "Surely you're not serious" "You only have to look out of the window to see the problems we're facing" "Your arguments are trivial in comparison, mere details" "Details?" "Bloody hell!" "It may seem drastic but in my opinion a wider view is called for" "The doctor can't visit my sick child because he has ten times more patients" "Three days I've waited for him." "Do you call that a detail?" "You're the expert here... ln the factory, not in the town, I'm afraid" "Why don't you want to see how we live..." "You talk to us about society but you take no notice of what we say in meetings" "You can't solve social problems by sticking slogans all over the town" "We don't put those slogans up" "Madam, I'd like to state calmly our management's attitude, our Director's attitude" "We've listened to everything you've said but it is all outside our province" "You must talk to the local Council then perhaps we can help I think I speak for everyone here when I say you should share our concerns as we're all members of a socialist society" "A valid point" "We don't need reminding of this" "We've covered many issues and we'll try to draw conclusions." "Thank you" "Just what we expected" "Hania, sit down" "Don't let delegations into Mr. Bednarz's office in future" "But it's not my fault, I just do what I'm told" "Yes, all very well, but don't let them in to see him" "Send them to me or to Lech, perferably me;" "Mr. Bednarz is too busy" "Very interesting." "What will you do with it?" "I'm sending it toPolityka" "With your photos?" "Why with photos?" "Create controversy." "A good career move, you'll be talked about I brought you here to obtain an objective view" "You can order different results?" "You have the means, haven't you?" "You don't know me, I'm not interested in lies" "You write about resentment and anxiety but when you question people in your surveys remember what the issues are" "Look at the view I want you to be convinced" "I'm talking privately, not officially" "We've only just begun our work" "We're here because we believe in you and what you're doing" "All our research is a way to discover the truth" "There's a difference between the truth and what we believe" "We seek the truth. lt prevents mistakes being made" "My mistakes?" "No, mistakes in general I know it isn't your intention but this will be viewed as a list of my faults" "Will you publish it?" "Not necessarily -lf you approve I'll make you publish it" "But this isn't the right moment" "Ewa's had a baby" "When?" "Last night. I took the first train here" "So she was pregnant when I last saw her" "She's given up her studies" "She's coming home next year" "To you?" "Yes, home" "If you need money or anything..." "Come up to the stand." "Then we'll go for a meal" "All right. I've had no sleep" "A girl?" "Why is Lech here?" "He works for me I want to go" "Stay for a moment -l can't" "Concrete's crumbling, girders are breaking" "We must stop work" "Tons of saltpetre are falling on the roofs" "We're going to need a taller chimney" "How far will the saltpetre spread?" "Six, eight kilometres" "DOWN with THE FACTORY" "I remember the time when the appointments were made" "Comrade Bednarz was made Director of the chemical works" "The main reason was the experience that had been gained amongst workers in major industry ln view of our Party responsibility we have been obliged to inform the Party executive of the difficult situation confronting us in Olecko" "The Propaganda Secretary" "Comrades, the problem is set out in the reports and documents" "I'd like to emphasize one thing:" "the connection between overall problems and the ideological attitude of the factory workers" "Painting "Down with the factory" was irresponsible but it has led to an unhealthy atmosphere in the factory lt has set tongues wagging in town" "You acted inefficiently" "You could have erased it before ten or eleven o'clock" "All Olecko knows about it now" "You know Olecko well." "You know everyone in the factory" "Yet there are conflicts" "You've failed to create a good atmosphere even though you work well" "Comrade Secretary of the Olecko district" "The question is how to improve the factory situation" "The question should be put to all the workforce as no one knows the root of the problem better than them" "You must let people do their work and take decisions, Comrade Bednarz" "But for some time now for quite a long time the Director hasn't seen people, or listened, or had faith in people" "You should have helped him, pointed it out before now" "Before you answer, Comrade Director I have one more question" "The cessation of building work also springs from a lack of ideological conscience" "You were one of the first on the spot but you didn't inform the Party branch or the District Committee;" "you alone decided" "You can't act like that." "You just can't" "But it was necessary, even if the sense of injustice was subjective" "Comrade, I'd like to..." "Stefan, we worked together in Olecko I think that after I left you took on many things we shared with Party activists the unions and the administration" "People got into the habit of going to see Bednarz instead of the Municipal Council even when it wasn't within your province" "They got used to it and this is the result" "You never get far on your own" "You suffocate" "One question for Comrade Bednarz" "Are our conclusions clear to you?" "Will you work with the Party and the unions to eradicate this negative attitude in the factory?" "Yes, I will do my best to eradicate the problems which should be eliminated but I must warn you that I cannot change my style of work or the form it takes" "I can't switch personalities become someone else" "What's been going on?" "An executive meeting" "What happened?" "They told him off" "What for?" "The usual things" "No change then." "He's staying?" "Of course" "Did they mention us?" "Your name came up" "What have they got on me?" "How far are we from the factory?" "About one-and-a-half kilometres" "To be exact, 2.3 kilometres" "Will all that be felled?" "Yes, those trees are dead" "How far away are we really?" "About four kilometres" "It's a great opportunity for the region" "The funds aren't only for the factory" "All the local culture will benefit, too" "Jobs will be created and we'll also build new communities, swimming pools tennis courts, even a theatre" "ls it a Nagra?" "Yes" "The best recorder in the world" "We can change lives for the better" "Did you hear that?" "Yes." "Well?" "I want to make a follow-up" "Make one about Kudelski, he's a success story" "We're just a colossus" "He's an easy subject" "Am I difficult?" "Tell me, am I good or bad?" "It's not so simple I've had that tape for six years I want to test how it sounds today, how things have evolved" "What did your uncle die of?" "He always had a weak heart" "Give me a little time" "Why not call me next week?" "Like to hear your boss's voice?" "Book the hotel I'm pleased to tackle this task..." "Stop being silly" "So there you are" "You didn't say you were coming, Minister" "Good day, Director" "Lech has shown me the basic things" "Over to you" "This way, Minister" "We'll join you in a moment" "It looks fine from up here lt all depends on the men" "My three young engineers are better than the French we had" "You made a clean sweep" "Yes" "What about the forest?" "It's shrinking." "Do you want a word with me, Minister?" "I thought you wanted a word I'd like to leave this job" "is this off the record?" "We haven't done all we wanted here, neither have I I think a mistake was made initially I don't want to make it worse and I don't want to lie" "You feel at fault?" "No. I just feel a fool" "You're very hard. I have to respect the principles" "What do we tell people who have staked their careers on the factory, on production?" "That's it. I don't want to have to tell them" "Don't you care about your own career?" "I'm dead beat" "Accept my resignation" "No, you must see the job through with your initial enthusiasm" "Why does it happen like that?" "It's always like that, the truth won't get you very far" "You can come unstuck with the truth" "You'll quote the old saying:" ""Truth will always out"" "But that's not always true" "The Director doesn't know some information gets lost on the way to him" "Nothing gets to him, so he can't cope lt's not just people withholding information it's more widespread" "The workers must be able to speak up say what they think" "Turn that off." "Stop the camera I'm from the management." "Come with me" "You're from television?" "May I see your identity card?" "Do you have the Director's permission?" "I talked to Mr. Bednarz and he..." "That was agreement in principle I'm the person to see about the details I have a list of skilled people I can authorize you to interview" "So I can't talk tothem ln a nutshell I'd like to listen to the tape I'm sorry, you can't" "And I'm sorry, but I must ask you to leave the factory" "Go back to work" "You won't let us talk?" "You can, but not at the moment" "A journalist for you, a Mr. Galecki" "Can I type that?" "ls he calling from Warsaw?" "No, from the gate" "Let him know I'm here, but I can't talk to him" "Still smoking, I see" "I knew you'd find me." "Won't you come in?" "Three days ago your assistant threw me out of the factory" "Yes, that's his style" "You want to go out?" "Go in, please l'll just take him out" "What's this photo?" "I took it" "Do you like it?" "lt's great" "She was my uncle's lodger during the occupation" "That must be me I had curly hair then" "What about your programme?" "My reportage?" "I wanted to call you, to talk about it but I couldn't get through" "Are you surprised that I won't discuss it?" "I'm afraid of people who oppose me, a difference of opinion" "Can I help?" "Just hold that" "You didn't seem afraid the other day in your office I thought you'd agreed" "We all have moments of weakness" "Your film will be against me or my methods of work I was thinking of something more ambitious not a one-sided report" "A film about you as you are, as I see you" "Right now?" "l think so" "Can you take those in?" "To my health" "To me" "Really?" "I have the feeling that people here don't feel like owners" "They fight you, they fail everything gets on top of them lt's not a matter of bathrooms" "They prefer things as they are" "You know what killed my uncle?" "Not his heart." "He died of loyalty to an ideal" "He kept on fighting until one day his heart gave out" "You really shouldn't know this, but one night he wrote that:" ""Down with the factory"" "All on his own, at night?" "He took a brush, paint, and did it." "Crazy, eh?" "I think that one day people will start saying their houses, their factory, their streets their country, are all theirs but everything is different not necessarily worse" "People can get used to anything" "Tell that to the farmers whose crops fail who queue up for every sack of fertilizer that I produce" "They're the majority" "You're tired" "We're all tired" "Listen" "The people you're fighting for are all asleep lt's late" "Do you think I'm working against them?" "Why is that?" "Why didn't the people here, the clever ones want to participate in the discussions?" "They chose this place, as did your uncle" "Did you participate in those discussions?" "Have you got a clear conscience?" "Not entirely" "lncidents in Gdansk" "Have you read it?" "l heard it on the radio" "What can we do?" "If you need any help, old man you can count on me" "All we can have is a clear conscience" "Going to the factory?" "Yes" "Get in" "Mr. Bednarz" "Are there any journalists here?" "No, just the Health and Safety film unit" "Get them out" "We're going down to see them" "You want to talk to me." "Good" "Here I am" "Now listen I'll be frank." "We all know the situation in our country I want you to know that I share your thoughts I'm on your side" "But don't forget that we must act wisely not rashly" "Army T-4, can you hear me?" "Crappy equipment!" "Stefan, what are you doing?" "You know we must stick to the programme" "The Minister and vips are here lt must all go according to plan" "People don't like changes, you know how it is" "The flowers are ready" "Are you moving in here?" "Here?" "My office is just the same, they're all the same" "All the same, eh?" "What about a drink?" "Yes, it's better than a pill" "Listen, old man I want you to understand I'm not involved in this, it's just the way it goes" "May I intrude for a moment?" "In case we don't meet again, good-bye and thanks for everything" "At least you're realistic I hope you... I haven't messed things up these last years" "You have firm foundations" "Good luck" "Mr. Bednarz, your books are here" "Thank you" "Walk by yourself" "Come on, walk by yourself"