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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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Get bite of fame apple


That would be U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. You will remember him from the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby investigation.
Here he is Tuesday getting another bite of the 15 minutes of fame apple.
I will tell you, what he said Tuesday is absolutely riveting:

Does this mean he talked 15 minutes as an excuse?
What does that mean?
Thanks.
  

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The American artist Andy Warhol once famously said that in our time everyone gets 15 minutes of fame. So it means not that P. Fitzgerald talked for 15 minutes as an excuse, but that he is now briefly getting a few minutes of attention from the news media.

  • The American artist Andy Warhol once famously said that in our time everyone gets 15 minutes of fame.
  • So it means not that P.
  • Fitzgerald talked for 15 minutes as an excuse, but that he is now briefly getting a few minutes of attention from the news media.
  • (The apple is being used figuratively as the symbol of the 15 minutes of fame.
  • Each bite uses up a few more minutes!
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The American artist Andy Warhol once famously said that in our time everyone gets 15 minutes of fame.
So it means not that P. Fitzgerald talked for 15 minutes as an excuse, but that he is now briefly getting a few minutes of attention from the news media. (The apple is being used figuratively as the symbol of the 15 minutes of fame. Each bite uses up a few more minutes! Eventually t
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It's a little bit crazy. There was an American artist (painter, I think) named Andy Warhol. I don't remember what style he painted in - weird, I think. He was more famous for his statement/remark that everyone gets/is intitled to 15 minutes of fame, even if he's just an ordinary bloke.

This is being combined here with another famous saying, I'd say related to the legal concept of d
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Thanks, CJ and Avangi.
I understand.

It will take me a few more muitues to fully understand it, though.Emotion: big smile

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