1990s

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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Carl Sagan

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Evidence

Author

Carl Sagan

Source

Four Cosmic Questions Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Sagan, Carl. "Four Cosmic Questions." Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium. Random House, 1997, ch. 5.

Peter, I can't come with you. I've forgotten how to fly. I'm old, Peter. Ever so much more than twenty. I grew up a long time ago.

Hook

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Topic

Growing up Loss of innocence

Speaker

Granny Wendy

Actor

Maggie Smith

Source

Hook

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Adventure

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

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

New York: building itself up out of its own disintegration, its inevitable destiny as the city for everyone, energetic, tireless, brutal, murderous city of the entire world, where we all recognize ourselves and see our worst and our best.

Carlos Fuentes

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New York City

Author

Carlos Fuentes

Source

The Glass Border

Medium

Novel

Language

Spanish

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Fuentes, Carlos. La frontera de cristal [The Crystal Frontier]. Alfaguara, 1995, pt. 7, ch. 2.

The culture of life means respect for nature and protection of God's work of creation. In a special way it means respect for human life from the first moment of conception until its natural end.

Pope John Paul II

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Abortion Capital punishment

Speaker

Pope John Paul II

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Pope John Paul II. Speech on the occasion of the eighth world youth day. Farewell ceremony. 15 Aug. 1993, International Airport of Denver, Denver, CO, USA.

We never reach a point at which our lives lie before us as a clearly marked open road, never have and never should expect a map to the years ahead, never do close those circles that seem, at thirteen and fourteen and nineteen, so urgently in need of closing.

Joan Didion

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Topic

Nature of life The human condition

Author

Joan Didion

Source

Pacific Distances After Henry

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Original Citation

Didion, Joan. "Pacific Distances." After Henry. Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Current Citation

Didion, Joan. "Pacific Distances." Joan Didion: The 1980s & 90s, edited by David L. Ulin. Library of America, 2021.

Being alone and liking it is, for a woman, an act of treachery, and infidelity far more threatening than adultery.

Molly Haskell

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Topic

Single women Single life Patriarchy

Author

Molly Haskell

Source

Love and Other Infectious Diseases

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Haskell, Molly. Love and Other Infectious Diseases: A Memoir. William Morrow, 1990.

There was a moment, when I used to blame everything and everyone for all the pain and suffering and vile things that happened to me, that I saw happen to my people. Blame everybody. Blamed white people, blamed society, blamed God. I didn't get no answers 'cause I was asking the wrong questions. You have to ask the right questions.

American History X

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Topic

Blaming others

Speaker

Sweeney

Actor

Avery Brooks

Source

American History X

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Citation

American History X. Directed by Tony Kaye, New Line Cinemas/The Turman-Morrissey Company, 1998.

All I'm saying is that if I ever start referring to these as the best years of my life, remind me to kill myself.

Dazed and Confused

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High school Adolescence Looking back Youth

Speaker

Randall 'Pink' Floyd

Actor

Jason London

Source

Dazed and Confused

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Comedy (film) Coming of age Comedy

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Dazed and Confused. Directed by Richard Linklater, Detour Filmproduction/Alphaville Films, 1993.

There's no point to any of this. It's all just a...a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes. So I take pleasure in the details. You know...a quarter-pounder with cheese, those are good, the sky about ten minutes before it starts to rain, the moment where your laughter becomes a cackle. And I sit back, and I...I smoke my Camel Straights and I ride my own melt.

Reality Bites

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Meaninglessness The absurd Enjoying life The little things

Speaker

Troy Dyer

Actor

Ethan Hawke

Source

Reality Bites

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Reality Bites. Directed by Ben Stiller, Jersey Films, 1994.

I for one believe that there are lessons to be drawn from her life and from the extraordinary and moving reaction to her death.

Elizabeth II

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Princess Diana

Speaker

Elizabeth II

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Elizabeth II. Tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. 5 Sept. 1997, Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK. Broadcast.

Productivity isn't everything, but in the long run it is almost everything.

Paul Krugman

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Topic

The long run Productivity Economics

Author

Paul Krugman

Source

The Age of Diminished Expectations

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Krugman, Paul. The Age of Diminished Expectations. MIT Press, 1990.

My whole life, people have been telling me what I could do and couldn't do. I’ve always listed to ’em, believed in what they said. I don’t wanna do that anymore.

Rudy

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Topic

Believing in oneself

Speaker

Daniel E. 'Rudy' Ruettiger

Actor

Sean Astin

Source

Rudy

Genre

Sports (film) Biography (film) Sports Biography

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Rudy. Directed by David Anspaugh, TriStar Pictures, 1993.

What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning all the comforts of home, and then expend vast quantities of time and money in a largely futile attempt to recapture the comforts that you wouldn't have lost if you hadn't left home in the first place.

Bill Bryson

Neither Here Nor There

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Topic

Tourism Travel

Author

Bill Bryson

Source

Neither Here Nor There

Genre

Travel writing

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Bryson, Bill. Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe. Secker & Warbug, 1991.

Come to Los Angeles! The sun shines bright, the beaches are wide and inviting, and the orange groves stretch as far as the eye can see. There are jobs aplenty and land is cheap. Every working man can have his own house, and inside every house, a happy, all-American family. You can have all this, and who knows...you could even be discovered, become a movie star...or at least see one. Life is good in Los Angeles... It's paradise on Earth.

L.A. Confidential

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Los Angeles

Speaker

Sid Hudgens

Actor

Danny DeVito

Source

L.A. Confidential

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

L.A. Confidential. Directed by Curtis Hanson, Regency Enterprises/The Wolper Organization, 1997.

Exile is predicated on the existence of, love for, and a real bond with one's native place; the universal truth of exile is not that one has lost that love or home, but that inherent in each is an unexpected, unwelcome loss. Regard experiences then as if they were to disappear.

Edward Said

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Topic

Exile Home

Author

Edward Said

Source

Culture and Imperialism

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Said, Edward. Culture and Imperialism. Chatto & Windus, 1993.

You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.

Roy Campanella

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Baseball

Speaker

Roy Campanella

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Campanella, Roy. Quoted in New York Journal-American. 12 Apr. 1957.

We say to you today in a loud and a clear voice: enough of blood and tears. Enough.

Yitzhak Rabin

To the Palestinians, at the signing of the Israel-Palestine Declaration, on September 13, 1993.

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Topic

Israel-Palestine conflict

Speaker

Yitzhak Rabin

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Rabin, Yitzhak. Speech to the Palestinians at the Signing of the Israel-Palestine Declaration. 13 Sept. 1993, Washington, DC, USA.

Imagine how many people out there right now are fuckin’ man...just goin’ at it.

Dazed and Confused

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Topic

Sex

Speaker

Ron Slater

Actor

Rory Cochrane

Source

Dazed and Confused

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Comedy (film) Coming of age Comedy

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Dazed and Confused. Directed by Richard Linklater, Detour Filmproduction/Alphaville Films, 1993.

What is at stake is more than one small country; it is a big idea: a new world order, where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind-peace and security, freedom and the rule of law.

George H.W. Bush

1991 State of the Union Address

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Persian Gulf War American politics New world order International politics

Speaker

George H.W. Bush

Source

1991 State of the Union Address Presidential State of the Union addresses

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Bush, George H. W. State of the Union Address. Joint session of the United States Congress. 29 Jan. 1991, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We spend 250 billion dollars a year on defense and here we are. The fate of the planet is in the hands of a bunch of retards I wouldn't trust with a potato gun.

Armageddon

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Fate of the world

Speaker

General Kimsey

Actor

Keith David

Source

Armageddon

Medium

Film

Genre

Disaster (film) Science fiction (film) Disaster Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Armageddon. Directed by Michael Bay, Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films/Valhalla Motion Pictures, 1998.