My foe, my enemy, is an animal. In order to conquer it, I have to think like an animal, and whenever possible, to look like one.

Caddyshack

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Man and animals

Speaker

Carl Spackler

Actor

Bill Murray

Source

Caddyshack

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Caddyshack. Directed by Harold Ramis, Orion Pictures, 1980.

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