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They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time.

Anchorman

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Directed by Adam McKay, Apatow Productions, 2004.

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There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.

Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road

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Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1942, ch. 11.

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I'm sorry, I'm just a little pregnant right now.

Jerry Maguire

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Jerry Maguire. Directed by Cameron Crowe, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films/Vinyl Films, 1996.

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I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Fantastic Mr. Fox. Directed by Wes Anderson, Indian Paintbrush/Regency Enterprises/American Empirical Pictures, 2009.

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For after all, what is man in nature? A nothing in respect of that which is infinite, an all in respect of nothing, a middle betwixt nothing and all.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 72.

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Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 72.

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And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

Genesis 39:12

On Potiphar's wife, who tried to seduce David.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 39:12).

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What place can be left for random action, when God constraineth all things to order?

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae [On the Consolation of Philosophy]. 524, bk. 5, poem 1.

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Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 5, poem 1.

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Living is my job and my art.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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De Montaigne, Michael. "De l'Exercitation [Use Makes Perfect]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

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De Montaigne, Michel. "On Practice." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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Well all I hear all day long at school is how great Marcia is at this or how wonderful Marcia did that, Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!

Jan Brady

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The Brady Bunch

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"Her Sister's Shadow." The Brady Bunch, written by Sherwood Schwartz and Al Schwartz and Phil Leslie, directed by Russ Mayberry, season 3, episode 10, Redwood Productions and Paramount Television, 1971.

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In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.

John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.

William Shakespeare

Henry VIII

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Shakespeare, William and John Fletcher. Henry VIII. King's Men, 1613, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Henry the Eighth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblattet al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.

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Men’s evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.

William Shakespeare

Henry VIII

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Shakespeare, William and John Fletcher. Henry VIII. King's Men, 1613, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Henry the Eighth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblattet al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 2.

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For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.

Hippocrates

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Hippocrates. Aphorisms. c. 370 BC, sect. 1, pt. 6.

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Hippocrates. The Aphorisms. Classics of Medicine Library, 1982, sect. 1, pt. 6.

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Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it along the way.

Michael Scott

The Office

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"The Duel." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Jennifer Celotta and Ricky Gervais, directed by Dean Holland, season 5, episode 11, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2009.

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It’s the best part. It’s crunchy, it’s explosive, it’s where the muffin breaks free of the pan and sort of does its own thing. I’ll tell you. That’s a million-dollar idea right there. Just sell the tops.

Elaine Benes

Seinfeld

On muffin tops.

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"The Muffin Tops." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Spike Feresten, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 8, episode 21, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1997.

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