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I don't want to put you in a cage, I want to love you!

Breakfast at Tiffany's

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Breakfast at Tiffany's. Directed by Blake Edwards, Jurow-Shepherd/Spinel Entertainment, 1961.

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Here is a man who would not take it anymore.

Taxi Driver

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Taxi Driver. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Bill/Phillips Productions/Italo/Judeo Productions, 1976.

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Every gun makes its own tune.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo]. Directed by Sergio Leone, Produzioni Europee Associati/Constantin Film, 1966.

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The things you own end up owning you.

Tyler Durden

Fight Club

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Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

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You don't have time to think up there. If you think, you're dead.

Top Gun

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Top Gun. Directed by Tony Scott, Paramount Pictures/Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1986.

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When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose.

Jack Dawson

Titanic

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Titanic. Directed by James Cameron, Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox/Lightstorm Entertainment, 1997.

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You don't need to wear a patch on your arm to have honor.

A Few Good Men

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A Few Good Men. Directed by Rob Reiner, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1992.

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It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money.

Rounders

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

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You look a little older without your clothes on.

It's a Wonderful Life

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It's a Wonderful Life. Directed by Frank Capra, Liberty Films, 1946.

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And even as a crack fiend, Mama
You always was a black queen, Mama.

Tupac Shakur

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Dear Mama

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Shakur, Tupac. "Dear Mama." Me Against the World. Interscope Records/Jive Records, 1995.

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To tell the truth, one is not born a genius: one becomes a genius.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Second Sex

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De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex]. Vol. 1, Gallimard, 1949.

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De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. Vintage, 2011.

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Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.

Casablanca

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Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1942.

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I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.

Jack Dawson

Titanic

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Titanic. Directed by James Cameron, Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox/Lightstorm Entertainment, 1997.

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New York was heaven to me. And Harlem was Seventh Heaven!

Malcolm X

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Malcolm X. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley. Grove Press, 1965.

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We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; the rock was landed on us.

Malcolm X

The Ballot or the Bullet

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Malcolm X. "The Ballot or the Bullet." 29 Mar. 1964, Audubon Ballroom, Washington Heights, NY, USA.

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Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

The Shawshank Redemption

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The Shawshank Redemption. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.

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Birthdays was the worst days
Now we sip champagne when we thirsty.

Notorious BIG

Juicy

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The Notorious B.I.G. "Juicy." Ready to Die. Bad Boy Records/Arista Records, 1994.

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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.

Tony Montana

Scarface

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Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

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It's in your nature to destroy yourselves.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Directed by James Cameron, Carolco Pictures/Pacific Western Productions/Lightstorm Entertainment/Le Studio Canal+, 1991.

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The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now in this very room.

Morpheus

The Matrix

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The Matrix. Directed by The Wachowskis. Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures, 1999.

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