[LMB] Convert and quotation
Richard Suitor
rsuitor at gmail.com
Wed Jul 5 22:50:15 BST 2006
On 7/5/06, Marna Nightingale <marna at marna.ca> wrote:
> But there are lot of bits that stick, simply because they express a
> thing I already feel to be true better than I can express it.
>
> (Most recently, and memorably, and regrettably, 'If THAT's what you
> believe, WHY ARE YOU STANDING IN MY WAY?'
I note that the result of that statement was that the addresee moved.
>From which one may presume that he was beginning to believe, although
he was just gaming before?
Should that remind me of Patton's hope that his charges remained more
scared of him than of the enemy? (very loose paraphrase and in this
case Miles was making the enemy fear him) That particular facet might
fit in somewhat with Miles.
:<)
Richard
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