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"Swingers." The Wonder Years, written by Neal Marlens and Carol Black, directed by Carol Black and Neal Marlens, season 1, episode 2, The Black/Marlens Company and New World Television, 1988.

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Wayne's World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Pictures, 1992.

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Churchill, Winston. "Give Us The Tools." BBC Radio, London, England, UK, 9 Feb. 1941.

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"Escape Clause." The Twilight Zone, written by Rod Serling, directed by Mitchell Leisen, season 1, episode 6, Cayuga Productions and CBS Television Network, 1959.

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Steinbeck, John. Letter to Thom Steinbeck. 10 Nov. 1958.

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Chesterton, G.K. "The Flying Inn." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, edited by Iain T. Benson. Vol. 7, Ignatius Press, 2005, ch. 15. Originally published by John Lane/Methuen, 1914.

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Brecht, Bertolt. Der gute Mensch von Sezuan [The Good Person of Szechwan]. 1943, ZĂĽrich Schauspielhaus, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland.

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Brecht, Bertolt. The Good Person Of Szechwan, edited by Tom Kuhn and Charlotte Ryland, translated by John Willett. Methuen Drama, 2012.

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Carter, Jimmy. Acceptance address. Democratic National Convention. 15 July 1976, Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA.

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Baldwin, James. "The American Dream and the American Negro." The New York Times, 7 Mar. 1965. Originally debate speech "The American Dream and the American Negro." Has the American Dream Been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro? Debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley. Cambridge Union. 17 Feb. 1965, Cambridge, England, UK.

No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.

Amartya Sen

Development as Freedom

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Sen, Amartya. Development as Freedom. Alfred A. Knopf, 1999, ch. 1.

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Chesterton, G.K. "Novels on the Great War." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 35, Ignatius Press, 1986. Originally published by Illustrated London News, 19 Apr. 1930.

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Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. George H. Doran Company, 1915, ch. 122.

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Maugham, William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. Signet, 2007, ch. 122.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara. 28 Nov. 1905, Court Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2.

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Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara. Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, act 3.

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Steinem, Gloria. "Siserhood." New York, 20 Dec. 1971

I'm not over-fond of animals. I am merely astounded by them.

David Attenborough

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Attenborough, David. Independent. 14 Jan. 1995.

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A Christmas Story. Directed by Bob Clark, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1983.

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Jong, Erica. How to Save Your Own Life. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.

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Lawrence, D.H. The White Peacock. Heinemann/Duffield & Co., 1911, pt. 2, ch. 2.

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Adams, Douglas. Mostly Harmless. William Heinemann/Harmony Books, 1992, ch. 1.