I know the following quote is "mannish" and of it's time, but it can still inspire us (women, too!) to keep going despite the current storms or doldrums (whichever is the current condition of our collective and personal life).
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” --Theodore Roosevelt
I never knew this song! It's not in the movie (though a Donovan sings in it!), and it was released a couple years before the movie. Interesting, thanks for sharing!
More on the title of the movie, from Wikipedia: The title, also used by a 1965 documentary on CBS television that filmed one such tour, was taken from a New Yorker cartoon by Leonard Dove. Published in the June 22, 1957, issue of the magazine, the cartoon depicts a young woman near a tour bus and a campanile, frustratedly exclaiming "But if it's Tuesday, it has to be Siena," humorously illustrating the whirlwind nature of European tour schedules. This concept formed the premise of the film's plot. Donovan sings "Lord of the Reedy River," which he had also written. He also wrote the film's title song, performed by J.P. Rags, a pseudonym for Douglas Cox.
I know the following quote is "mannish" and of it's time, but it can still inspire us (women, too!) to keep going despite the current storms or doldrums (whichever is the current condition of our collective and personal life).
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” --Theodore Roosevelt
I get this. Not the movie (lol for once I’m too young!), but the guilt. It’s been rough these past weeks.
So rough — and with no end in sight, and no way to know how bad it might get.
I remember the theme song, “If it’s Tuesday, this must be Belgium”. Quite the catchy, haunting and memorable tune. https://youtu.be/iB16qJmJGA8?si=sjTsntp4yetzveA2
I never knew this song! It's not in the movie (though a Donovan sings in it!), and it was released a couple years before the movie. Interesting, thanks for sharing!
Oh, that’s interesting. I always just assumed it was the theme song from the movie!
You would think so, wouldn't you! We have both learned some new things about this phrase.
The madcap trailer. https://youtu.be/2pfd9OWR-Aw?si=2ksUDRNhJvGMVWVn
Pretty much sums it up! It's not what I'd call a "good" movie, lol.
More on the title of the movie, from Wikipedia: The title, also used by a 1965 documentary on CBS television that filmed one such tour, was taken from a New Yorker cartoon by Leonard Dove. Published in the June 22, 1957, issue of the magazine, the cartoon depicts a young woman near a tour bus and a campanile, frustratedly exclaiming "But if it's Tuesday, it has to be Siena," humorously illustrating the whirlwind nature of European tour schedules. This concept formed the premise of the film's plot. Donovan sings "Lord of the Reedy River," which he had also written. He also wrote the film's title song, performed by J.P. Rags, a pseudonym for Douglas Cox.