September 14, 2002:
Illuminations:
"well there's nothing very special...
try to be nice to people
avoid eating fats
read a good book every now and then
get some walking in
and
try to live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations"
— Michael Palin, closing soliloquy,
Monty Python's Meaning of Life
"Corn Nuts!"
— Heathers
"There are just as many notes as I require, Majesty: neither more nor less..."
— Amadeus
"i won't forget you
i'm as strong as my love for you
real as your dreams
— Victor Krummenacher, "Real as Your Dreams," on
Out in the Heat
"Be kind to your jailers until they grow weak..."
— Mann / Goffin, "Something Better", recorded by Marianne Faithful in 1968, available on
The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus
"I want it now!"
— Varuka Salt (Julie Dawn Cole),
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks."
— Ron Nasty (Niel Innes),
The Rutles
"To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance."
— Oscar Wilde
"The two most wonderful things in the world are a woman's smile and the motion of mighty waters."
— Leonardo da Vinci
"To live — to live will be an awfully big adventure."
— Hook
"I've known deception
how all lovers are liars
We're caught in a crossfire
and hung on a line
But I'll hit the ground runnin'
just to catch this desire
'cause maybe a true love
is headed my way.
— Victor Krummenacher, "Maybe a True Love," on
Bittersweet