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TomVilmer

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11. Film was great, but book is better

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Sat Feb 18, 2017, 05:58 AM

Feb 2017

And all of that scene from the book is online for you.
... ‘I don’t believe anything you tell me,’ Nately replied, with a bashful mitigating smile. ‘The only thing I do believe is that America is going to win the war.’
‘You put so much stock in winning wars,’ the grubby iniquitous old man scoffed. ‘The real trick lies in losing wars, in knowing which wars can be lost. ...

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You guys remember the conversation between Nately and The Old Man in "Catch 22?" [View all] MrScorpio Feb 2017 OP

Here ya go.... Glamrock Feb 2017 #1

Thanks! MrScorpio Feb 2017 #2

No sweat. Glamrock Feb 2017 #3

Don't get me started on "Carnal Knowledge" MrScorpio Feb 2017 #4

Never saw it..... Glamrock Feb 2017 #5

Worse. MrScorpio Feb 2017 #6

I've also had the nasty thought that wee Milo Warpy Feb 2017 #7

Milo Minderbinder had convictions MrScorpio Feb 2017 #8

The day after Red Don was elected I said how we got from Obama to DT was an existential question Hekate Feb 2017 #9

The great American novel world wide wally Feb 2017 #10

Film was great, but book is better TomVilmer Feb 2017 #11

I had my own dog eared copy many years ago. MrScorpio Feb 2017 #12

For comparison's sake ... BlueMTexpat Feb 2017 #13