Top Ten Movie Reasons to Vote

With new elections every day in the countdown to the presidency, Renaissance Adventures brings you the Top Ten Reasons to vote At The Movies

10	You have to try because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived.	Anthony Hopkins in Meet Joe Black
9	You told me once that you were a patriot, well now its time to step up!	Batman to Amanda Waller: Justice League Unlimited
8	We have two lives: the one we learn with and the one we live with after that.	Glenn Close in The Natural
7	"I love you and that makes you mine!" It's your country! Vote!	George Peppard in Breakfast at Tiffany's
6	"You'll like that one... It has a surprise ending".	Pierce Brosnan in After the Sunset
5	"Remember the Maine!" "Who could forget it!" Like it or not, its your country and your war. Vote!	Paul Newman and Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
4	"Every person's life touches so many others." Every vote counts!	Henry Travers as Clarence in It's a Wonderful Life
3	"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" Make sure you know who the man or woman behind the curtain is! Do your research and vote!	Frank Morgan as The wizard from The Wizard of Oz
2	"You've gained nothing when you've bandied words with a fool!" Do your own research, make up your own mind, and... Vote!	Kim Darby in True Grit
1	Go Ahead! Make My Day!	Clint Eastwood, (elected mayor of Carmel, CA), in Dirty Harry.

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