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Lewis, C. S. "Answers to Questions on Christianity." God in the Dock. Eerdmans, 1970, pt. 1, ch. 4, q. 1. Originally presented as the speech, "One Man Brains Trust" 18 Apr. 1944, Head Office of Electric and Musical Industries Ltd., Hayes, England, UK, q. 1.

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Rebecca. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Selznick International Pictures, 1940.

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Point Break. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Johnny Utah Productions/Largo Entertainment, 1991.

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Stand By Me. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Productions, 1986.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Crack-Up." Esquire, Feb. 1936.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Crack-Up." My Lost City: Personal Essays, 1920-1940, edited by James L.W. West, III. Cambridge UP, 2005.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "Citizenship in a Republic." 23 Apr. 1910, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "Citizenship in a Republic." Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.: Letters and Speeches, edited by Louis Auchincloss. Library of America, 2004.

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The Big Lebowski. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Working Title Films, 1998.

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Lawrence, D.H. Women in Love. Thomas Seltzer, 1920, ch. 11.

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Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, 1908, ch. 1.

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Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Barnes & Noble, 2013, ch. 1.

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Didion, Joan. "Self-respect: Its Source, Its Power." Vogue, 1 Aug. 1961.

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Didion, Joan. "On Self-Respect." Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.

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Brand, Stewart. Spoken during a conversation with Steve Wosniak. The First Hackers Conference. Nov. 1984, Marin County, San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA.

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Yeats, William Butler. "The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water." In the Seven Woods. Elizabeth Yeats's Dun Emer Press, 1903.

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Yeats, William Butler. "The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water." Yeats's Poetry, Drama and Prose. W. W. Norton & Company, 2000.

In the business world... The rear-view mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

Warren Buffett

1991 Letter to Shareholders

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Buffett, Warren. Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders. 1991.

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Didion, Joan. "Self-respect: Its Source, Its Power." Vogue, 1 Aug. 1961.

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Didion, Joan. "On Self-Respect." Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.

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Vidal, Gore. Quoted in "Behind the Face of the Gifted Bitch" by Susan Barnes. The Sunday Times Magazine, 16 Sept. 1973.

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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Campaign speech in Boston. 4 Nov. 1944, Fenway Park, Boston, MA, USA.

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Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Macmillan Publishers, 1936, pt. 1, ch. 2.

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Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Scribner, 2007, pt. 1, ch. 2.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Angela Carter

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Carter, Angela. Wise Children. Chatto & Windus, 1991, ch. 5.

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Carter, Angela. Wise Children. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007, ch. 5.

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Beckett, Samuel. Fin de partie. Directed by Roger Blin. Performed by Roger Blin, Jean Martin, Georges Adet, and Christine Tsingos. 3 Apr. 1957, Royal Court Theatre, London, England, UK.