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If we think to regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all recreations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man... And who shall silence all the airs and madrigals, that whisper softness in chambers?

John Milton

Areopagitica

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Milton, John. Areopagitica; a speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of unlicenc'd printing, to the Parlament of England. 1644.

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Milton, John. "Areopagitica." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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I could hardly find a book on morals where, even before I had read it in its entirety, I did not find several chapters or certain sections attacking women, no matter who the author was... I finally decided that God formed a vile creature when He made woman, and I wondered how such a worthy artisan could have deigned to make such an abominable work which, from what they say, is the vessel as well as the refuge and abode of ever evil and vice.

Christine de Pizan

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De Pizan, Christine. Le Livre de la cité des dames [The Book of the City of Ladies]. Paris, c. 1405.

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De Pizan, Christine. The Book of the City of Ladies. Penguin Classics, 2000.

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It's a pity you don't have as much charm as you have persistence.

An American in Paris

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An American in Paris. Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951.

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Must it ever be thus-that the source of our happiness must also be the fountain of our misery? The full and ardent sentiment which animated my heart with the love of nature, overwhelming me with a torrent of delight, and which brought all paradise before me, has now become an insupportable torment, a demon which perpetually pursues and harrasses me.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Leiden des jungen Werthers [The Sorrows of Young Werther]. Leipzig: Weygand'sche Buchhandlung, 1774.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "The Sorrows of Young Werther." The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings, translated by Catherin Hutter. Signet, 2013.

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Rule number one: Throw in your cards the moment you know they can't win. Fold the hand.

Rounders

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Rounders. Directed by John Dahl, Spanky Pictures, 1998.

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There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.

Lawrence of Arabia

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Lawrence of Arabia. Directed by David Lean, Horizon Pictures, 1962.

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He will through life be master of himself and a happy man who from day to day can have said, "I have lived: tomorrow the Father may fill the sky with black clouds or with cloudless sunshine."

Horace

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Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 29.

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Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 3, no. 29.

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Fuck a lot of women, kid. I have no reason to lie to you. Not one woman, a lotta women.

Little Miss Sunshine

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Little Miss Sunshine. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Big Beach Films/Bona Fide Productions/Third Gear Productions, 2006.

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Risk is what keeps us young, isn't it, darling?

The Wolf of Wall Street

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The Wolf of Wall Street. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Red Granite Pictures, Appian Way Productions/Sikelia Productions/EMJAG Productions, 2013.

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Creativity takes courage.

Henri Matisse

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Matisse, Henri. Quoted in Artist to Artist: Inspiration & Advice from Artists Past & Present, written by Clint Brown. Jackson Creek Press, 1998.

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The best way to get inside city hall is to make noise on the street.

Bhairavi Desai

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Desai, Bhairavi. Quoted in "Thin Yellow Line: The Taxi Driver's Advocate." Written by Lizzie Widicombe. The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2017.

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What a glorious morning is this.

Samuel Adams

On hearing gunfire at Lexington, 19 April 1775.

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Adams, Samuel. Comment upon hearing the gunfire at the Battle of Lexington. 19 Apr. 1775, Lexington, MA, USA.

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We must love one another or die.

W.H. Auden

September 1,1939

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Auden, W. H. "September 1, 1939." Another Time. Faber & Faber, 1940. Originally published in The New Republic, 18 Oct. 1939.

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Did you ever think that maybe you're not too big, but maybe this town is just too small?

Big Fish

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Big Fish. Directed by Tim Burton, Columbia Pictures/Jinks/Cohen Company/The Zanuck Company, 2003.

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Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.

Langston Hughes

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Hughes, Langston. "Note In Music." Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life, Jan. 1936.

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Hughes, Langston. "Note In Music." The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The Poems: 1921-1940, edited by Arnold Rampersad. Vol. 1, University of Missouri Press, 2001.

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If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work.

William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 1

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Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 1. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The First Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015 act 1, sc. 1.

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