| Neff,
Walter (actor - Fred MacMurray) |
"You know why you couldn't figure this one, Keyes?
I'll tell you. 'Cause the guy you were looking for was too close,
right across the desk from you."
(Keyes: "Closer than that, Walter.")
"I love you too." |
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Movie: Double Indemnity, 1944 |
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For more information:
Double Indemnity
at Greatest Films |
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Recommended viewing:
Double
Indemnity starring Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, and Barbara
Stanwyck |
| Nolan,
Lieutenant Philip |
| "Bury me in the sea; it has been my home, and I love
it. but will not some one set up a stone for my memory at Fort Adams
or at Orleans, that my disgrace may not be more than I ought to bear?
Say on it: 'In Memory of PHILIP NOLAN, Lieutenant in the Army of
the United States. He loved his country as no other man has loved
her; but no man deserved less at her hands." |
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Short Story: "Man Without a Country," Edward Everett Hale, 1863 |
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Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an author, editor, and Unitarian
clergyman. he was a descendant of Nathan Hale
and served as chaplain of the U.S. Senate from 1903-1909. |
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Recommended reading:
Man
Without a Country & Other Stories by Edward Everett Hale |
| Othello |
Set you down this;
And say besides, that in Aleppo once,
Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk
Beat a Venetian and traduced the state,
I took by the throat the circumcised dog
And smote him, thus. |
I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee: no way but this,
Killing myself, to die upon a kiss. |
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Play: Othello, William Shakespeare, 1604? |
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For more information:
The
Works of the Bard
Mr. William Shakespeare
on the Internet |
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Recommended reading:
Othello
by William Shakespeare |
| Paneloux,
Father |
| "Thanks. But priests can have no friends.
They have given their all to God." |
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Novel: The Plague, Albert Camus, 1947 |
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For more information:
Camus,
Albert; The Plague |
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Recommended reading:
The
Plague by Albert Camus |
| Peace,
Sula |
| "Well, I'll be damned. It didn't even hurt.
Wait'll I tell Nell." |
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Novel: Sula, Toni Morrison, 1973 |
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For more information:
Sula
by Toni Morrison |
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Recommended reading:
Sula
by Toni Morrison |
| Pepper,
Ned "Lucky Ned" (actor - Robert Duvall) |
| "I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man! . . .
Well, Rooster, I am shot to pieces!" |
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Novel: True Grit, Charles Portis, 1968
Movie: True Grit, 1969 |
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For more information:
True
Grit at the Internet Movie Database
By the way, Le Boef does not die in the book. He takes the body
of Tom Chaney to Texas to collect the reward. |
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Recommended reading:
True
Grit by Charles Portis |
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Recommended viewing:
True
Grit starring John Wayne, Kim Darby, and Glen Campbell |
| Piggy |
| "Which is better--to have rules and agree, or to hunt
and kill?" |
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Novel: Lord of the Flies, Sir William Golding, 1954 |
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For more information:
Lord
of the Flies Webpage |
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Recommended reading:
Lord
of the Flies by William Golding |
| Pusher
(actor - George Tobias) |
| "This is where we change cars, Alvin." |
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Movie: Sergeant York |
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For more information:
The Life
of Alvin C. York |
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Recommended viewing:
Sergeant
York starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan |
| Quixote,
Don of la Mancha (Alonso Quixano) |
| "I was mad, now I am in my senses. I was Don Quixote
de La Mancha, I am now, as I said, Alanso Quixano, the good; and may my
repentance and sincerity restore me to the esteem you used to have for
me; and now let the Master Notary proceed." |
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Novel: Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel Cervantes, 1605 |
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For more information:
Don Quixote de la Mancha |
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Recommended reading:
Don
Quijote translated by Burton Raffel |
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Recommended viewing:
Don
Quixote starring Mikhail Baryshnikov
Man
of la Mancha starring Peter O'Toole |
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Recommended listening:
Man
of La Mancha (original broadway cast recording) |
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