Renaissance Man (1994)

Richard T. Jones: Pvt. Jackson Leroy

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• [Rago tells Leroy about Leon Battista Alberti, the archetypal "Renaissance Man."] 

  Bill Rago : But you know what I remember most about him?

  Pvt. Jackson Leroy : No.

  Bill Rago : They said that he could stand, with his feet together like this, and spring straight over a man's head.

  Pvt. Jackson Leroy : [laughs]  Really?

  Bill Rago : If Leon Battista Alberti couldn't have done that, I wouldn't have remembered a thing about him.

  Pvt. Jackson Leroy : So, wait... he was sort of like a smart jock, wasn't he?

  Bill Rago : That's right.

  Pvt. Jackson Leroy : Now there's an oxymoron, isn't it?

  Bill Rago : You got it.