On Thursday, 28 October 2010 at 16:30:47 UTC+1, Flasherly wrote:

On Oct 27, 6:36 pm, Richard Fangnail <richardfangn...@excite.com>
wrote:

In the scene with Travolta, the Nick Nolte character says "the closer
you are to Caesar, the greater the fear" - was he talking about
talking with a higher ranking guy, or was he talking about getting
closer to the Japanese? Also, is it a quote from somebody famous?

Presumably a vague inkling of "talking about talking with [what is
higher]," prima facie, is to engage at lower expectations -- a direct
purpose the allusion somehow didn't quite assure, (no less in the same conversation), by Nolte inasumch saying [to Travolta that he'll
do . . .] 'whatever it takes.' There's two apparent instances where a
focus occurs to interplay upon fear and resolution -- again, apart a "directed purpose" of Caesar. The first is an "outer and indirect"
appeal to humanity foremost expressed by a subordinate at odds
conflicting with superior orders [as not to engage an entrenched enemy
in a charge];- the second is again humanist, although "inner and phenomenally" posed upon individualism, a self-realization which
deteriorates when distancing itself from alliances to purpose
(consequential to a dear-john letter). As state objectives, primal self-preservation of superior virtue [from annihilation by another
state] -- militaristic idealism, is clouded so in preparation by
lesser or disparately trained individuals of standing,
deterministically incapable of exhibiting such higher idealism,
inclusive a sphere and mastery of fear, ennobled leaders are to met in battle, so fulfilling exemplarily the chosen few.
--
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once. -WS

I like the quote at the end, but the rest of it is impenetrable. Please don't take up teaching.

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