A pocket notebook sighting

[From State and Main (dir. David Mamet, 2000). Click for a larger view.]

Joseph Turner White (Philip Seymour Hoffman) writes down a slightly altered version of something he heard a passing localite say: “Only second chance we get is the chance to make the same mistake twice.”

Slight spoiler: White will get a second chance and will not make the same mistake twice.

See also Sufjan Stevens, in the sidebar: “I’m not afraid to get it right / I turn around and I give it one more try.”

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