The Rum Diary

Overview

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• “Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”

• “If you consider the great journalists in history, you don't see too many objective journalists on that list. H. L. Mencken was not objective. Mike Royko, who just died. I. F. Stone was not objective. Mark Twain was not objective. I don't quite understand this worship of objectivity in journalism. Now, just flat-out lying is different from being subjective.”

• “A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”

• “The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks. . . [Censorship of the news] is a given in wartime, along with massive campaigns of deliberately-planted "Dis-information". That is routine behavior in Wartime — for all countries and all combatants — and it makes life difficult for people who value real news.”

• “If we get chased out of Iraq with our tail between our legs, that will be the fifth consecutive Third-world country with no hint of a Navy or an Air Force to have whipped us in the past 40 years.”

• “Football season is over. No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt.”

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Bruce RobinsonDirectorJohnny Deppas Paul KempAmber Heardas ChenaultAaron Eckhartas SandersonMichael Rispolias SalaGiovanni Ribisias MobergRichard Jenkinsas LottermanAmaury Nolascoas SegurraMarshall Bellas DonavonBill Smitrovichas ZimburgerJulian Hollowayas WolsleyEnzo Cilentias DigbyKarimah Westbrookas Papa NeboAaron Lustigas MonkNNatalia Riveraas Chenault's Friend