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"You want a prediction about the weather? You're asking the wrong Phil. I'm going to give you a prediction about this winter? It's going to be cold, it's going to be dark and it's going to last you for the rest of your lives!"

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 "This is pitiful. A thousand people freezing their butts off waiting to worship a rat. What a hype. Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out, and they used to eat it. You're hypocrites, all of you!"

"There is no way that this winter is ever going to end as long as this groundhog keeps seeing his shadow. I don't see any other way out. He's got to be stopped. And I have to stop him."

Americans have strange traditions.

it came from Germany, we just copied it

That was one of several traditions that German settlers in Pennsylvania brought to the U.S., Harman says, along with Christmas trees and the Easter bunny. And because hedgehogs aren't native to the U.S., they turned to groundhogs (which were plentiful in Pennsylvania) instead.

"This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather."

"Whew! Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy!"

"OK, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties cause it's cold out there. It's cold out there every day."

"Don't mess with me, pork chop. What day is this?"

"I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl. We ate lobster, drank piña coladas. At sunset we made love like sea otters. That was a pretty good day. Why couldn't I get that day over and over and over?"

"Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today."

What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same and nothing that you did, mattered?

 "When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. 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."

This means it's my birthday

Happy birthday

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