Development Project Wisdom from the film PitchDark:
Johns: How's it look?
Riddick: Looks clear.
[They step forward, and a creature jumps at them. They fight and kill it.]
Johns: You said it was clear!
Riddick: I said it *looked* clear.
Johns: Well, how does it look now?
Riddick: Looks clear.
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I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.
-- Wallace Stevens, 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
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