❝ Monologues · 5 lines · B2

[chuckles] Okay, funny story. [clears throat] When I was running for president, I had to sneak cigarettes for the whole first month of the campaign because, you know, photographs of me smoking went for, what, a hundred grand a pop?

The president's smoking story · Don't Look Up (2021)

 

[chuckles] Okay, funny story. [clears throat] When I was running for president, I had to sneak cigarettes for the whole first month of the campaign because, you know, photographs of me smoking went for, what, a hundred grand a pop?

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So, I'm always hiding, but, you know, I just got sick of it.

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Why it's worth practising

A cozy personal anecdote slides the world-ending topic off the table, and the ease is the horror.