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Daily Inspiration Quote by Marc Wallice

"But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago"

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Wallice’s line reads like a defensive monologue delivered after the verdict has already been reached in the court of public opinion. The intent is straightforward: he’s trying to reframe the conversation away from accusation and toward evidence. But the subtext admits something more damning than he probably wants to: he understands that “points” don’t travel; stories do. By naming “gossip” as the real adversary, he positions himself as the victim of a media ecosystem that rewards scandal over nuance, while quietly conceding that his own credibility has become the battleground.

The rhetorical move is telling. “Nobody is listening” isn’t just frustration; it’s an indictment of the audience, the press, and maybe even the institutions that are supposed to arbitrate truth. It implies he has arguments - facts, timelines, explanations - yet they’re drowned out by a single sticky narrative: a “faked test.” That phrase is the quote’s loaded hinge. He doesn’t deny the faked test happened; he treats it as an established incident whose implications are being stretched into an accusation of long-term deceit.

Context matters because the profession does. As an actor, Wallice’s public identity is already entangled with performance and believability. The tragedy of the quote is that it’s about trust, delivered by someone whose livelihood depends on it. In a scandal economy, the most portable version of a person is the worst one, and his complaint inadvertently confirms the rule: once gossip has a plot, rebuttals sound like footnotes.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Wallice, Marc. (2026, January 16). But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-nobody-is-listening-to-those-points-they-are-105025/

Chicago Style
Wallice, Marc. "But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-nobody-is-listening-to-those-points-they-are-105025/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-nobody-is-listening-to-those-points-they-are-105025/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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Marc Wallice

Marc Wallice (born October 3, 1959) is a Actor from USA.

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