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He Got Game. Directed by Spike Lee, Touchstone Pictures/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1998.

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Once Upon a Time in America [C'era una volta in America]. Directed by Sergio Leone, The Ladd Company/PSO International/Embassy International Pictures/, Rafran Cinematografica, 1984.

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Mandela, Nelson. "Inaugural Address." 10 May 1994, Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa, Africa.

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. Remarks at the National Defense Executive Reserve Conference. National Defense Executive Reserve Conference. 14 Nov. 1957, Washington DC, USA.

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The Graduate. Directed by Mike Nichols, Lawrence Truman Productions, 1967.

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Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

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Thatcher, Margaret. Speech to Scottish Tories. Conservative Party conference. 5 Oct. 1999, Blackpool, England, UK.

No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes.

The Who

Behind Blue Eyes

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Townshend, Peter. "Behind Blue Eyes." Performed by The Who. Who's Next. Track Records/Decca Records, 1971.

Words…are loaded pistols.

Jean-Paul Sartre

What is Literature?

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Sartre, Jean Paul. Qu'est-ce que la littérature? [What is Literature?]. Situations, II. Gallimard, 1948, ch. 1.

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Sartre, Jean Paul. What is Literature? Routledge, 2001, ch. 1.

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Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Bring the Pain. HBO, 1 June 1996.

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Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Macmillan Publishers, 1936, pt. 5, ch. 63.

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Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Scribner, 2007, pt. 5, ch. 63.

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Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Bring the Pain. HBO, 1 June 1996.

So take a good look at my face.
You'll see my smile looks out of place.
If you look closer, it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears.

The Miracles

The Tracks of My Tears

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Robinson, Smokey and Pete Moore and Marv Tarplin. "The Tracks of My Tears." Performed by The Miracles. Going to a Go-Go. Tamla Records, 1965.

Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your father had an accident there, he was put into a pie by Mrs. McGregor.

Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Frederick Warne & Co., 1902.

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Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Frederick Warne & Co., 2012.

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losin' my religion.

R.E.M.

Losing My Religion

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R.E.M. "Losing My Religion." Out of Time. Warner Records, 1991.

Everyone has their reasons.

The Rules of the Game

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La règle du jeu [The Rules of the Game.] Directed by Jean Renoir, Nouvelle Édition Française, 1939.

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Santayana, George. "Tipperary." Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies. Charles Scribner's Sons/Constable and Co., 1922.

The sea, the ever renewing sea!

Paul Valéry

The Graveyard by the Sea

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Valéry, Paul. "Le cimetiere marin [The Graveyard by the Sea]." Charmes ou poèmes. Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1922.

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Hemingway, Ernest. "Old Newsman Writes: A Letter from Cuba." Esquire Magazine, 1 Dec. 1934.

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Hemingway, Ernest. "Old Newsman Writes: A Letter from Cuba." By-line Ernest Hemingway, edited by William White. Scribner, 2003.

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Fanon, Frantz. Peau noire, masques blancs [Black Skin, White Masks]. Editions du Seuil, 1952, ch. 2.