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Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.

Mark Twain

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Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 35. Originally from Notebook, c. 1904.

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McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.

Joseph McCarthy

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McCarthy, Joseph. Speech in Wisconsin. c. 1952. Wisconsin, USA.

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Eternal Rest sounds comforting in the pulpit, too. Well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands.

Mark Twain

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Twain, Mark. "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven." Harper's Magazine, Dec. 1907 - Jan. 1908.

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Twain, Mark. "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven." The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain, edited by Lawrence Berkove. Modern Library, 2004, ch. 1.

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Not being able to speak is not the same as not speaking. You seem as if you like to talk. I like to let people talk who like to talk. It makes it easier to find out how full of shit they are.

Rush Hour

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Rush Hour. Directed by Brett Ratner. Roger Birnbaum Productions, 1998.

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I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.

Rudyard Kipling

The Elephant's Child

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Kipling, Rudyard. "The Elephant's Child." Just So Stories. Macmillan and Co., 1902.

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Kipling, Rudyard. "The Elephant's Child." The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling. Wordsworth Editions, 1999.

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No, we will not die like dogs, we will fight like lions because we are the three amigos!

Three Amigos!

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Three Amigos. Directed by John Landis, Orion Pictures, 1986.

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Leave this Europe where they are never done talking of Man, yet murder men everywhere they find them.

Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

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Fanon, Frantz. Les Damnes de la Terre [The Wretched of the Earth]. Francois Maspero, 1961, conclusion.

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Every man's ready for marriage when the right girl comes along.

Rear Window

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Rear Window. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Patron Inc., 1954.

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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Salman Rushdie

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Rushdie, Salman."In Good Faith." The Guardian, 10 Feb. 1990.

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Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Please open his mouth. Now, mostly dead is slightly alive.

The Princess Bride

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The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Communications/Buttercup Films/The Princess Bride Ltd., 1987.

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Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Winston Churchill

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Churchill, Winston. "Unlucky Alfonso." Collier’s, 27 June 1931.

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When I buy a new book, I read the last page first. That way, in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.

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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At the still point, there the dance is.

T.S. Eliot

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Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 2.

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It don't take much strength to pull a trigger, but try getting up every morning day after day and work for a living, let's see him try that, then we'll see who's the real tough guy, the working man is the tough guy.

A Bronx Tale

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A Bronx Tale. Directed by Robert De Niro, Price Entertainment/TriBeCa Productions, 1993.

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Oh, now you’re saying that I’m redundant, that I repeat myself, that I say things over and over!

Frasier Crane

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Cheers

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"Behind Every Great Man." Cheers, written by Glen Charles and Les Charles and James Burrows, directed by James Burrows, season 3, episode 19, Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions and Paramount Television, 1985.

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I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly

Joni Mitchell

River

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Mitchell, Joni. "River." Blue. Reprise Records, 1971.

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Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends.

The Beatles

With a Little Help From My Friends

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Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. "With a Little Help From My Friends." Performed by The Beatles. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Parlophone Records/Capitol Records, 1967.

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Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

Shirley Chisholm

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Chisholm, Shirley. Spoken in the House of Representatives. House of Representatives meeting. 1970, US House of Representatives, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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