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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-11-10 09:57 AM
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LMAO- Colbert's fireplace "Videri Quam Esse"
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Esse quam videri
Esse quam videri is a Latin phrase meaning "To be, rather than to seem to be."


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Television personality Stephen Colbert inverts this statement on his show The Colbert Report to be Videri Quam Esse<7>, meaning "to seem to be rather than to be" in reference to his TV personality as seemingly being a serious, right-wing pundit. It is also engraved above the digital fireplace in his studio, under his portrait.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esse_quam_videri

I hadn't seen this until his "sick" show on Monday (watched on DVR this morning) TOO FUNNY and as always the most clever and informative show on TV
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