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Randy’s childhood friend who helps him paint his bedroom with wild images (and, on top of the “hope” in the Pandora’s box, he writes the word ‘Bob.’) Jack is Randy’s good friend throughout his life: he is the one driving the chase car during Randy’s post-wedding balloon ride, and he was also present on Randy’s last scuba diving trip before his death.
Jack Sheriff Quotes in The Last Lecture
The The Last Lecture quotes below are all either spoken by Jack Sheriff or refer to Jack Sheriff. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
Quotes
Jack and I painted a large silver elevator door… we painted a panel with floor numbers one through six. The number “three” was illuminated. We lived in a ranch house—it was just one level—so I was doing a bit of fantasizing to imagine six floors. But looking back, why didn’t I paint eighty or ninety floors? If I was such a big-shot dreamer, why did my elevator stop at three? I don’t know. Maybe it was a symbol of the balance in my life between aspiration and pragmatism.
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Jack Sheriff Quotes in The Last Lecture
The The Last Lecture quotes below are all either spoken by Jack Sheriff or refer to Jack Sheriff. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 5
Quotes
Jack and I painted a large silver elevator door… we painted a panel with floor numbers one through six. The number “three” was illuminated. We lived in a ranch house—it was just one level—so I was doing a bit of fantasizing to imagine six floors. But looking back, why didn’t I paint eighty or ninety floors? If I was such a big-shot dreamer, why did my elevator stop at three? I don’t know. Maybe it was a symbol of the balance in my life between aspiration and pragmatism.
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