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->''But I've never seen the Icarus story as a lesson about the limitations of humans. I see it as a lesson about the limitations of wax as an adhesive. ''
--> -- '''Randall Munroe''', ''Blog/WhatIf'' [[http://what-if.xkcd.com/30/ #30: Interplanetary Cessna]]
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'''Prosecutor:''' No, Mr. Shepherd, with respect, it is ''not'' the moral of the story. The moral of the story is that if you have grounds to believe there is a ferocious predator at large, don't appoint as your sole watchman a 12-year-old child whom you have ''resolved to ignore.''\\

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'''Prosecutor:''' No, Mr. Shepherd, with respect, it is ''not'' the moral of the story. The moral of the story is that if you have grounds to believe there is a ferocious predator at large, don't appoint as your sole watchman a 12-year-old child whom you have ''resolved to ignore.''\\''
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->'''Shepherd:''' Well, that's the moral of the story, ain't it? [[CryingWolf If you lie too many times, you won't be believed when you tell the truth]].\\
'''Prosecutor:''' No, Mr. Shepherd, with respect, it is ''not'' the moral of the story. The moral of the story is that if you have grounds to believe there is a ferocious predator at large, don't appoint as your sole watchman a 12-year-old child whom you have ''resolved to ignore.''\\
-->-- ''[[Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook That Mitchell and Webb Sound]]''

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->'''Simon''': "And in the end, the moral is..."
->'''Weasel''': "The journey is the reward?"
->'''Skunk''': "Don't act like such a big shot?"
->'''Pig''': "Always eat a good breakfast?"
->'''Simon''': "NO! NO! It's slow and steady wins the race!"
-->-- ''VideoGame/LivingBooks'', "The Tortoise and the Hare"

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->'''Simon''': "And in the end, the moral is..."
->'''Weasel''': "The journey is the reward?"
->'''Skunk''': "Don't act like such a big shot?"
->'''Pig''': "Always eat a good breakfast?"
->'''Simon''': "NO! NO! It's slow and steady wins the race!"
-->-- ''VideoGame/LivingBooks'', "The Tortoise and the Hare"
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->'''Simon''': "NO! It's slow and steady wins the race!"

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->'''Simon''': "NO! NO! It's slow and steady wins the race!"
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->'''Simon''': "And in the end, the moral is..."
->'''Weasel''': "The journey is the reward?"
->'''Skunk''': "Don't act like such a big shot?"
->'''Pig''': "Always eat a good breakfast?"
->'''Simon''': "NO! It's slow and steady wins the race!"
-->-- ''VideoGame/LivingBooks'', "The Tortoise and the Hare"
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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'', "[[Recap/BigHero6TheSeriesS1E21CountdownToCatastrophe Countdown to Catastrophe]]"

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-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'', "[[Recap/BigHero6TheSeriesS1E21CountdownToCatastrophe Countdown to Catastrophe]]"Catastrophe]]"

->'''Homer:''' Save a guy's life, and what do you get? Nothing! Worse than nothing! Just a big scary rock.
->'''Bart:''' Hey, man, don't bad-mouth the head.
->'''Marge:''' Homer, it's the thought that counts. The moral of the story is a good deed is its own reward.
->'''Bart:''' Hey, we ''got'' a reward. The head is cool.
->'''Marge:''' Then... I guess the moral is no good deed goes unrewarded.
->'''Homer:''' Wait a minute. If I hadn't written that nasty letter, we wouldn't have gotten anything.
->'''Marge:''' Well... Then I guess the moral is the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
->'''Lisa:''' Perhaps there is no moral to this story.
->'''Homer:''' Exactly! [[RandomEventsPlot Just a bunch of stuff that happened]].
->'''Marge:''' But it certainly was a memorable few days.
->'''Homer:''' Amen to that!
->(''[[EverybodyLaughsEnding the Simpson family laughs]]'')
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Blood Feud"

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->'''Obake:''' Do you know why [[Myth/GreekMythology Icarus]] plunged to his doom? \\

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->'''Obake:''' Do you know why [[Myth/GreekMythology Icarus]] [[IcarusAllusion plunged to his doom? doom]]? \\
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->'''Obake:''' Nonsense! Do you know why [[Myth/GreekMythology Icarus]] plunged to his doom? \\

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->'''Obake:''' Nonsense! Do you know why [[Myth/GreekMythology Icarus]] plunged to his doom? \\
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->'''Obake:''' Nonsense! Do you know why [[Myth/GreekMythology Icarus]] plunged to his doom? \\
'''Hiro:''' Because he [[PrideBeforeAFall flew too high]]. \\
'''Obake:''' Because he needed ''better wings''.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'', "[[Recap/BigHero6TheSeriesS1E21CountdownToCatastrophe Countdown to Catastrophe]]"

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