"As If"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Laurence Horn wrote:

> On a related topic, Fred and others may (or may not) want to check
> out tonight's AFI extravaganza on CBS-TV, a three-hour countdown* of
> the top 100 American movie quotes of all time.  Fred, if you give us
> your list, we can compare and contrast.

I am eagerly awaiting tonight's show.  The "as if" question arose from my
study of the list of 400 quotes nominated for the AFI top 100 listing.

Fred Shapiro


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