<div>Sue et. al.</div>
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<div>Thanks for the correction... Upton Sinclair's novel, that the film "There Will Be Blood" was loosely based on, is titled "Oil!" not "There Will Be Blood." </div>
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<div>Ted Moffett</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/31/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sue Hovey</b> <<a href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I agree with your mom...not about the sexual relations, but I hardly count<br>Paris Hilton as one whose success came about because of drive, talent, or<br>
much else originating with her. However, I was hoping to read something<br>about "There Will Be Blood." I can't find where this subject originated and<br>I was wondering how many people liked the movie. I expected to. I enjoyed<br>
the Sinclair novel, OIL on which it was based when I read it years ago.<br>But I didn't care for the movie even though I do believe Daniel Day Lewis<br>gave an outstanding performance and probably deserved an Academy Award. I<br>
wanted Tommy Lee Jones to win for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.<br><br>SueH<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Scott Dredge" <<a href="mailto:sdredge@yahoo.com">sdredge@yahoo.com</a>><br>To: "viz" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:56 PM<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Upton Sinclair's Novel "There Will Be Blood" Also<br>A<br><br><br>> Paris Hilton is a success story. She's a model, an actress, a recording<br>
> artist, and a pseudo author. Compare this to some other ultra rich kids<br>> who spend their miserable and often short lives doping up and drinking<br>> down. A few years ago I made the mistake of mentioning to my Mom that I<br>
> thought Paris Hilton had turned out much better than a lot of people born<br>> into wealth and rattled off things like she was earning money as a runway<br>> model and her role on 'The Simple Life'. Completely unimpressed, my Mom<br>
> countered 'un-huh...and she has also had sexual relations with a man to<br>> whom she was not married'. I was speechless. My Mom meant this to be a<br>> negative attribute.<br>><br>> -Scott<br>><br>
><br>> Thu Jul 31 14:55:41 PDT 2008<br>> Tom Hansen wrote:<br>><br>> Ted Moffett stated:<br>><br>> "There is one very important variable influencing "success," that<br>> influences moral character, that no one chooses for themselves:<br>
><br>> Genetics. "<br>><br>> How right you are, Ted.<br>><br>> For example:<br>><br>> Paris Hilton . . . Now, THERE's a real success story.<br>><br>> Some successes were forced to identify their strengths, skills, and<br>
> talents. Then develop and improve upon these strengths, skills, and<br>> talents in order to maintain a competetive edge on their peers.<br>><br>> Paris Hilton's skill is limited to . . . being born a Hilton.<br>
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