Appeared in a movie made before 1985
"Far better it is to dare mighty deeds, to win glorious triumphs 
Than to take rank with those poor spirits
Who neither enjoy much nor suffer much
But live in that grey twilight
That knows no victory or defeat"
Quote by President Teddy Roosvelt

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Request for Question Clarification by dandrick-ga on 09 Sep 2002 01:28 PDT

What exactly do you want to know? The name of the movie it appeared
in, the actor that spoke the lines or something else?

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Clarification of Question by outwit-ga on 09 Sep 2002 09:46 PDT

We want to know the name of the movie and if you know the actor that
would be helpful...thank you les

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Clarification of Question by outwit-ga on 09 Sep 2002 14:02 PDT

Regarding clarification of question....i need to know the name of the
movie that used this quote by Teddy Roosevelt...however, it could have
been Franklin Roosevelt...if you know the name of actor, that would be
also helpful...thanks les finke

There are several films on and with Theodore Roosevelt, but I don't
know which ones contain this speech.  Do you have a year that the
movie was made after?

From the book "The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses" published in
1900.

SPEECH BEFORE THE HAMILTON CLUB, CHICAGO, APRIL 10, 1899 

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs,
even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor
spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in
the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

http://www.bartleby.com/58/1.html
http://www.tamu.edu/scom/pres/speeches/trlife.html
http://www.barnard.edu/amstud/resources/strenuous/strenlife.htm

Some likely movies (near 1985):
http://us.imdb.com/Character

Bob Boyd (Theodore Roosevelt) 
. . . Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt, The (1986)
Harold Mark Kingsley (Young T.R. (Teddy Roosevelt)) 
. . . Indomitable Teddy Roosevelt, The (1986)
Sam Waterston (Theodore Roosevelt) 
. . . "Freedom to Speak" (1982) (mini) TV Series
Robert Boyd (II) (Teddy Roosevelt) 
. . . Ragtime (1981)
Brian Keith (Theodore Roosevelt) 
. . . Wind and the Lion, The (1975)
Walter Massey (Theodore Roosevelt) 
. . . Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983) (TV)