Well, I wouldn't back away from what's right just because it's hard. My father used to say: plant your feet and stand firm. The only question is where to put your feet.
01: I'd like you to chop this tree down, in a single swing.
02: That tree? It's got to be more than a foot across. That's impossible.
01: But it isn't a tree. It's what you hate most in the world. So tell me, Mr. Lincoln: what do you hate?
02: I hate Jack Barts.
01: [motions to the tree] Then strike him down.
[02 swings, chopping into the tree, but fails to cut it down]
01: Well, clearly you don't hate him that much. What do you *really* hate?
02: [swings, but again the tree stays upright] I hate that my mother was taken away.
01: Inadequate.
02: [swings] I hate that we were afraid.
01: And?
02: [swings] That my mother, father, everyone that we knew, lived in fear!
01: Pathetic.
02: [swings] I hate that I was too small!
01: Weak.
02: Yes!
01: And that you failed.
02: Yes!
01: To protect her.
02: Yes!
01: That you... Let her die.
[With a roar, 02 swings, chopping straight through the trunk of the tree and toppling it to the ground. 02 looks stunned]
01: Power, 02, *real* power, comes not from hate, but from truth.
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"A guy only gets that drunk when he wants to kiss a girl or kill a man. So which is it?"
how about now:
01: I'd like you to chop this tree down, in a single swing.
02: That tree? It's got to be more than a foot across. That's impossible.
01: But it isn't a tree. It's what you hate most in the world. So tell me, Mr. Lincoln: what do you hate?
02: I hate Jack Barts.
01: [motions to the tree] Then strike him down.
[02 swings, chopping into the tree, but fails to cut it down]
01: Well, clearly you don't hate him that much. What do you *really* hate?
02: [swings, but again the tree stays upright] I hate that my mother was taken away.
01: Inadequate.
02: [swings] I hate that we were afraid.
01: And?
02: [swings] That my mother, father, everyone that we knew, lived in fear!
01: Pathetic.
02: [swings] I hate that I was too small!
01: Weak.
02: Yes!
01: And that you failed.
02: Yes!
01: To protect her.
02: Yes!
01: That you... Let her die.
[With a roar, 02 swings, chopping straight through the trunk of the tree and toppling it to the ground. 02 looks stunned]
01: Power, 02, *real* power, comes not from hate, but from truth.
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