Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks)

All good things are worth the effort.  It's always better to have the satisfaction of overcoming something.

"It's supposed to be hard.  If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it.  The hard is what makes it great."

-Jimmy Dugan (played by Tom Hanks), A League of Their Own

Treme

It may just be the tagline for a tv series that I saw on the side of a telephone booth, but I thought it was beautiful and hopeful.

"Wrap your troubles in dreams."

-Tagline from Treme poster promoting 4/24/11 season premiere

The Big Chill

Over the weekend, I watched one of the defining movies of my parents' generation, The Big Chill.  Not bad.  I particularly liked this exchange:


Michael: I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex. 
Sam: Ah, come on. Nothing's more important than sex. 
Michael: Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization? 


-The Big Chill

Forrest Gump

"I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both."


-Forrest Gump, Forrest Gump