Via Taranto:

Life Imitates the Movies

• "In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again."--presidential adviser Chauncey Gardner, "Being There," 1979

• "You plant, you cultivate, you harvest. Over time, the seeds that were planted here are going to be very, very valuable."--presidential adviser David Axelrod, actually there, 200