Quote of the day:
“You do not become a ‘dissident’ just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society.”
--Vaclav Havel, who also said:
"If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become president."
Quote of the day no. 2:
“Consistency is not really a human trait.”
--Collin Higgins, from the script for "Harold and Maude"
While we’re on the subject of quotes from the movies, one of my favorites of all time is from Michael Cimino’s masterpiece "The Deer Hunter": “This is this.”
This “this” comes to mind because I’m confused. On TLC there’s a show called "Flip That House," while a similar show on A&E is called "Flip This House." So is this “this”? Or is this “that”?
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Is This This?
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The exact quote is, "this is this," meaning that a bullet is simply a piece of lead. Not part of a "manhood" thing.
So, "this is this." As in Robert DeNiro holding up the bullet. Got that.
"Not part of a 'manhood' thing." Not sure I got how that applies. Or how this applies. Whichever applies.
Is it safe to assume that "this is this" and "that is that"? Or is "this" ever "that"? Or the other way around?
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