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"Well, if you know of a better military re-enactment club, go to it."

'The way the eyes follow you is uncanny.'

"This could be the year someone actually goes up there."

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

Pinocchio's Second Realization

Bright idea

'Half an optimist is an odd bird, Sarah.'

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"I'm not going to lie. It took a large speaker's fee to get me to say your future is bright."

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"I'm the bluebird of low expectations."

"Now at this point reality intruded."

"I have a list of downsides I'd like you to develop into a list of upsides."

"Say, why don't we go see the Hopper show at the Whitney?"

'Where do you get your ideas from?'

"Last question. Where do you see yourself thirty seconds from now?"

"Today, in all aspects of life losses outnumbered gains."

'Satchel, life is like a can of tuna...'

'I'm going to put you in touch with reality.', 'Can't I just sneak up on it?'

"A glimmer of hope is fine, Hendricks, but anything more than that will lead to massive disappointment."

"Oh well - same shit, different day. . .!"

'I'm going to have to let you go.'

"I dreamed Lucian Freud was coming to paint us."

"Where do you see yourself in five years?"

Expectations vs. Bitterness

Gustave Flaubert

"I kept following my dreams until my dreams filed a restraining order against me."

Stendhal

"That's Terri and Kip. . . our Imaginators. And over here is Al. He's our Get-real-inator."

'Love gets the credit, but money makes the world go 'round.'

"Okay, this summer I've been able to buy a speaker system and a full set of dash knobs. Only 4,387 more parts before I have my own customized ragtop."

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