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From: arlo3adams@gmail.com
On Thursday, 28 October 2010 at 16:30:47 UTC+1, Flasherly wrote:
> On Oct 27, 6:36 pm, Richard Fangnail
> wrote:
> > In the scene with Travolta, the Nick Nolte character says "the closer
> > you are to Caesar, the greater the fear" - was he talking about
> > talking with a higher ranking guy, or was he talking about getting
> > closer to the Japanese? Also, is it a quote from somebody famous?
> >
> Presumably a vague inkling of "talking about talking with [what is
> higher]," prima facie, is to engage at lower expectations -- a direct
> purpose the allusion somehow didn't quite assure, (no less in the same
> conversation), by Nolte inasumch saying [to Travolta that he'll
> do . . .] 'whatever it takes.' There's two apparent instances where a
> focus occurs to interplay upon fear and resolution -- again, apart a
> "directed purpose" of Caesar. The first is an "outer and indirect"
> appeal to humanity foremost expressed by a subordinate at odds
> conflicting with superior orders [as not to engage an entrenched enemy
> in a charge];- the second is again humanist, although "inner and
> phenomenally" posed upon individualism, a self-realization which
> deteriorates when distancing itself from alliances to purpose
> (consequential to a dear-john letter). As state objectives, primal
> self-preservation of superior virtue [from annihilation by another
> state] -- militaristic idealism, is clouded so in preparation by
> lesser or disparately trained individuals of standing,
> deterministically incapable of exhibiting such higher idealism,
> inclusive a sphere and mastery of fear, ennobled leaders are to met in
> battle, so fulfilling exemplarily the chosen few.
> --
> Cowards die many times before their deaths;
> The valiant never taste of death but once. -WS
I like the quote at the end, but the rest of it is impenetrable. Please don't
take up teaching.
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