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Quote by Mary Tyler Moore
My grandfather once said, having watched me one entire afternoon, prancing and leaping and cavorting, “This child will either end up on stage or in jail.” Fortunately, I took the easy route.
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The grandfather saw the child’s wild, energetic movements and imagined two possible futures: performing on stage or ending up in jail. The closing line is a joke: “the easy route” means the speaker chose the stage rather than the much worse alternative. It turns a warning about unruly behavior into a playful description of becoming a performer.
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