Go ahead, make my day make my day"" just before shooting Mick the rapist, who aims his stolen shotgun at Harry's lover, Jennifer Spencer. When speaking out against taxes at the 1985 American Business Conference, President Ronald Reagan, himself a former actor, stated "I have my veto pen drawn and ready for any tax increase that Congress might even think of sending up. And I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers. Go ahead—make my day." The movie "Sudden Impact" became popular in Kenya in the early 1990s. Kenyan kids pronounced 'make my day' as "Makmende" probably due to influence of the
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