But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope.I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life. You want a prediction about the weather, you're asking the wrong Phil.They used to pull the hog out and they used to eat it. What a hype! Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town. A thousand people freezing their butts off, waiting to worship a rat. There is no way this winter is ever going to end, as long as this groundhog keeps seeing his shadow. Once again, the eyes of the nation have turned here to this. Why couldn't I get that day over and over and over? This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.Do you ever have déjà vu? I wake up every day, right here, right in Punxsutawney, and it's always February 2nd, and there's nothing I can do about it. What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered? There is something so familiar about this. Phil Connors This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.
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