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November 26, 2005
Goodbye Mister Miyagi
Pat Morita has left the building. While not one of the great actors of our age, he did provide some accessible wisdom in those innumerable repeats of Karate Kid on Television:
| Miyagi |
Your friend, all karate student, eh? |
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| Daniel Larusso |
Friend? Oh, yeah, those guys. |
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| Miyagi |
Problem attitude. |
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| Daniel Larusso |
No the problem is, I'm getting my ass kicked every other day, that's the problem! |
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| Miyagi |
Hai, because boys have bad attitude. Karate for defense only. |
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| Daniel Larusso |
That's not what these guys are taught. |
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| Miyagi |
Hai -- can see. No such thing a bad student, only bad teacher. Teacher say, student do. |
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| Daniel Larusso |
Oh, great, that solves everything for me. I'll just go down to the school and straighten it out with the teacher, no problem. |
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| Miyagi | Now use head for something other than target. | |||
| Miyagi |
Now, ready? |
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| Daniel Larusso |
I guess so. |
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| Miyagi |
[sighs] Daniel-san, must talk. Man walk on road. Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk down middle, sooner or later, get squished [makes squish gesture] just like grape. Same here. You karate do "yes," or karate do "no." You karate do "guess so," [makes squish gesture] just like grape. Understand? |
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| Daniel Larusso |
Yeah, I understand. |
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| Miyagi |
Now, ready? |
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| Daniel Larusso |
Yeah, I'm ready. |
So long Pat.
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