Would I rather be feared or loved? Um, easy. Both. I want people to…

"The Fight." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, directed by Ken Kwapis, season 2, episode 6, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2005.

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