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Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.

Taxi Driver

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

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I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floatin’ around accidental-like on a breeze. But I, I think maybe it’s both. Maybe both get happening at the same time.

Forrest Gump

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Forrest Gump. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, The Tisch Company, 1994.

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No hour is ever eternity, but it has its right to weep.

Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1937, ch. 19.

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Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

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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We all end up dead, it's just a question of how and why.

William Wallace

Braveheart

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Braveheart. Directed by Mel Gibson, Icon Productions/The Ladd Company, 1995.

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How wonderful life is while you're in the world.

Elton John

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Your Song

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John, Elton and Bernie Taupin. "Your Song." Performed by Elton John. Elton John. Uni Records/DJM Records, 1970.

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True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past.

Nelson Mandela

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Mandela, Nelson. 7 Jan. 1996. Speech.

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Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

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All I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more.

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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How you doin’?

Joey Tribbiani

Friends

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"The One with Rachel's Crush." Friends, written by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and and Shana Goldberg-Meehan, directed by Dana De Vally Piazza, season 4, episode 13, Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and Warner Bros. Television, 1998.

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First learn stand, then learn fly. Nature rule, Daniel-San, not the mind.

Mr. Miyagi

The Karate Kid

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The Karate Kid. Directed by John G. Avildsen, Delphi II Productions/Jerry Weintraub Productions, 1984.

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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

Fidel Castro

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Castro, Fidel. Discurso Pronunciado por El Comandante Fidel Castro Ruz, Primer Ministro De Gobierno Revolucionario [Speech on the Second Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution]. 2 Jan. 1961, Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba.

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It's amazing, you look like a normal person, but actually, you are the angel of death.

When Harry Met Sally…

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When Harry Met Sally... Directed by Rob Reiner, Nelson Entertainment/Castle Rock Entertainment, 1989.

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The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.

Samuel Spade

The Maltese Falcon

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The Maltese Falcon. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros., 1941.

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No journey is too great when one finds what he seeks.

Prince Akeem

Coming to America

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Coming To America. Directed by John Landis, Eddie Murphy Productions, 1988.

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In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the woman. That's why you gotta make your own moves.

Tony Montana

Scarface

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

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I have a real problem with heights.

Hook

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Hook. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1991.

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Jerry, this woman hates me so much, I’m starting to like her.

George Costanza

Seinfeld

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"The Masseuse." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Peter Mehlman, directed by Tom Cherones, season 5, episode 9, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1993.

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I don't want a new family. I don't want any family. Families suck!

Home Alone

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Home Alone. Directed by Chris Columbus, Hughes Entertainment , 1990.

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No room in this city for big hearts like hers.

Carlito's Way

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Carlito's Way. Directed by Brian De Palma, Epic Productions/Bregman/Baer Productions, 1993.

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