paranoid

[Laurence Horn]

On Jul 2, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:

> I checked a couple of closed-caption files on the subtitle site
> subscene.com (as Garson has probably done as well), but I didn't see
> anything vaguely like the line in question. Could it have appeared
> visually -- as graffiti or something?
>
> --bgz

Or a bumper sticker on someone's car?

LH
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>
> On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I am about 81% certain that I verified this point--but I can't find my pertinent notes.
>> Somebody is always sneaking into my office and hiding my notes . . . .
>>
>> --Charlie
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>> This question makes me nervous -- has anyone actually confirmed that this quote
>> appears in the film?  I'm not sure whether the Dictionary of Modern Proverbs verified
>> it, or relied on the Yale Book of Quotations citation, which may have come from a
>> secondary source.
>>
>> Fred Shapiro
>>
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>> Victor Steinbok wrote way back on May 8, 2011
>>>
>>> I am having a moment of doubt--the line is clearly in the movie version of
>>> Catch-22 (1970):
>>>
>>> Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.
>>
>> Victor, Fred, Charlie or anyone: Could you tell me who speaks this
>> line in the film Catch-22 and when it is spoken ( approximate elapsed
>> time from the beginning of the film). Thanks.
>>
>>> But is it in the book (1961, but written over about 8 years)? Because, if it
>>> isn't...
>>
>> I have not seen any evidence that the line is in the book Catch-22.
>> Would be happy to see such evidence (i.e. page number and edition).
>>
>> Garson
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