Sinister: come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination (fwd)

[Archel]

On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Jessica Murphy wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> So, OK, while we're on the subject of Willy Wonka and poetry-quote
> attributions, I think there's another line in the movie that comes from
> somewhere else... when Mr. Wonka says, "We are the music makers, and we
> are the dreamers of dreams."  (approximately; haven't seen it in a while.) 
> 
It's from a poem by Shaughnessy. Lovely it is too, though I just tried to
remember the rest of it and can't. Something about sea breakers and
sitting by desolate streams.

Archel know-it-all :) 
> 
>  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 09:40:13 +0100 
> From: John Johnston <JohnJ at xxx.com>
> 
> >"...so shines a good deed in a weary world." 
>                -Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
> 
> That is a paraphrase of one of my favourite lines in the English
> language. I think it comes from the Merchant of Venice and it's said by
> Portia I believe...
> 
> "Mark how this little candle throws it's beam,
> So shines a good deed in a naughty world". 
> 
> JJ
> xx
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Kimberly Forrette [SMTP:kimpostor at xxx.com]
> > 
> > you're not wicked if you don't care about this, but it IS something
> > interesting, in a weird way...
> > 
> > i was out last night, painting the town red, (not a very flattering
> > color for a pale town like Santa Cruz) when i needed to stop at the
> > nearest ATM machine to get cash.  as i stepped up to make my
> > withdrawal, what to my wandering eyes should appear on the machine's
> > sickly green LED display but:
> > 
> > "...so shines a good deed in a weary world." 
> >                -Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
> > 
> > followed by all those nice things like "Please insert your card for
> > service."  
> > 
> > kim
> > 
> 
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