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...supposed to see Pete the day he died. But five minutes before I arrived, he passed away. I missed my chance to say goodbye. I went over to the wheelchair where he was resting and said some final words. It was the most surreal experience of my life. I'm not a very demonstrative guy, but I couldn't control my emotions that day. I lost a father figure. Basketball lost a dear friend...
...Though it was not his final performance (he did Beckett's monologue Krapp's Last Tape from a motorized wheelchair at the Royal Court in 2006), the Nobel speech was the last great play of a man who knew the value of silence, the importance of speaking...
...talkative. Sultry, but not salty. Make sure she knows your back story: have her memorize your fictional genealogy and bring certificates to prove your earldom and castle ownership. If this is not enough of a splash to keep you in the game, we suggest that she come in a wheelchair, and when the moment is right give her “the signal” to stand up and boogie. Everybody loves an underdog. When dancing with her, grind in a clockwise manner as is befitting a gentleman. Then comes the final dinner where they separate the men from...
Greatness is a compliment generally conferred in retrospect. We have lucked out several times in our history when implausible characters showed unexpected greatness when it was needed: a country lawyer from Illinois, a spoiled patrician in a wheelchair, to name two obvious examples. Even more miraculous (though troublesome for democracy), both Lincoln and F.D.R. were elected by promising more or less the opposite of what they did in office. Lincoln said he'd preserve the institution of slavery. F.D.R. said he'd balance the federal budget...
...Catherine is upset that Caleb has been putting a hefty part of his salary toward buying a boat while she can't afford to buy her invalid mother a wheelchair and bed. (Another of the movie's distinctions: focusing on money, or its absence, as an abrasive factor in marital life.) At the request of his father (Harris Malcom), Caleb promises to abide by a spiritual regimen called The Love Dare, in which he'll attempt some act or attitude of kindness toward his estranged wife each day for 40 days. He is encouraged in this by a coworker...