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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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PO BOX 1031
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Mesquite, TX 75150
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There are ABSOLUTELY NO RESTRICTIONS
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on duplicating, publishing or distributing the
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files on KeelyNet except where noted!
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November 25, 1993
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SPELL.ASC
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The following is a piece of dialogue from an HBO video entitled
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"Cast a Deadly Spell". It is a tongue-in-cheek story about a
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private investigator named H. Phillip Lovecraft where the world
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freely uses magic. He refuses to go along with the pack by using
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magic, despite it being a proven means to success. I thought his
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reasoning was particularly resonant to the thinking of many
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KeelyNetters I have had the honor of communicating with.
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H. Phillip Lovecraft played by Fred Ward
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Connie Stone played by Julianne Moore
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When a private investigator was asked why he had not achieved
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success :
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He : How do you expect to get out of dumps like this if you don't
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play the game?
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She : Dammit, Phil, everybody's gotta compromise..
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He : That's what I keep hearing.
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She : And what makes you so special?
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He : What makes me special is I'm my own man, when I started out
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I said there were things I would do and things I wouldn't
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do. Lotta guys start like that and a lot of 'em sell out
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along the way, but the more who fall, the easier it gets.
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See, look, everybody compromises, everybody cheats,
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everybody uses magic, so they empty ideals out of their
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pockets and get down to the job of sticking it to their
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neighbors before they stick it to them. Because that's the
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way it's done.
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To all of which, I say NUTS! My collar may be a little
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frayed and maybe I need a shoeshine, but nobodys got a
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mortgage on my soul, I own it, free and clear.
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She : I'm not going to apologize for my life.
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He : Didn't ask you to.
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She : I'm happy the way things are.
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He : Glad to hear it.
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She : You gotta look ahead, you can't drag around the past,
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there's nothing you can do about it.
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He : Sounds like you got a real good grip on things.
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The point here is don't sell out just to get ahead, you won't be
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able to live with yourself and you'll just have to come back and do
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it again until you get it right. Life fulfilled revolves around
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service to humanity and that can take many forms.
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If we can be of service, you may contact
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Jerry at (214) 324-8741 or Ron at (214) 242-9346
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