1990s

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And besides, isn’t it more exciting when you don’t have permission?

Pulp Fiction

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Topic

Forbidden fruit

Speaker

Mia Wallace

Actor

Uma Thurman

Source

Pulp Fiction

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pulp Fiction. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart/Jersey Films, 1994.

What could possess anyone to throw a party? I mean, to have a bunch of strangers treat your house like a hotel room.

Jerry Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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Topic

Parties

Speaker

Jerry Seinfeld

Actor

Jerry Seinfeld

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Stranded." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Matt Goldman, directed by Tom Cherones, season 3, episode 10, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1991.

You got to get your kid on or your groove on. You can’t get both on at the same time.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Topic

Raising kids

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bigger & Blacker

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

Listen, you promise me something, OK? Just if you’re ever in trouble, don’t true to be brave. You just run, OK? Just run away.

Forrest Gump

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Topic

Courage

Speaker

Jenny Curran

Actor

Robin Wright

Source

Forrest Gump

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

You will never be free until we are free.

Desmond Tutu

Read the full transcript of this interview at PBS.org

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all people Liberation Freedom

Speaker

Desmond Tutu

Source

Bill Moyers' Journal

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tutu, Desmond. "Bill Moyers Talks with Archbishop Desmond Tutu." Bill Moyers Journal. PBS, 27 Apr. 1999.

Tell her that when you found me, I was here I was with the only brothers I had left and there's no way I was gonna desert them.

Saving Private Ryan

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Topic

War

Speaker

Private Ryan

Actor

Matt Damon

Source

Saving Private Ryan

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) War (film) Epic War

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Saving Private Ryan. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures/Mutual Film Company, 1998.

Why don't you do the world a favor? Pull your lip over your head and swallow.

Grumpy Old Men

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Speaker

Max Goldman

Actor

Walter Matthau

Source

Grumpy Old Men

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Statement Type

Insult

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Grumpy Old Men. Directed by Donald Petrie. Warner Bros., 1993.

You know how old people drive? They drive slow, they sit low. That is their motto. The state flag of Florida should be just a steering wheel with a hat and two knuckles on it.

Jerry Seinfeld

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Topic

Old people Old age Driving Florida States

Speaker

Jerry Seinfeld

Source

I'm Telling You For the Last Time

Medium

Standup comedy

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Seinfeld, Jerry. I'm Telling You for the Last Time. HBO, 9 Aug 1998.

Tolerance is the alpha and omega of a new world order.

Mikhail Gorbachev

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Topic

New world order Tolerance Cold War International politics Politics

Speaker

Mikhail Gorbachev

Source

Speeches of Mikhail Gorbachev

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Gorbachev, Mikhail. "The Rule of Law: Our New Frontier." 5 Sept. 1990, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA. Speech.

I let the audience follow me, if it is interested.

Richard Wright

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Topic

Artist and audience

Speaker

Richard Wright

Source

L'Express

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Wright, Richard. Interviewed by L'Express. 18 Oct. 1955.

Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, you're goddamn right I'm living in the fucking past!

The Big Lebowski

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Topic

Judaism Tradition Living in the past The past Nostalgia

Speaker

Walter Sobchak

Actor

John Goodman

Source

The Big Lebowski

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime comedy (film) Comedy (film) Crime comedy Comedy

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way.

Salman Rushdie

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Topic

Literature

Speaker

Salman Rushdie

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rushdie, Salman. "Is Nothing Sacred?" Presented by Harold Pinter. 6 Feb. 1990, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, UK. Lecture.

It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

Warren Buffett

1989 Letter to Shareholders

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Topic

Investing Business

Author

Warren Buffett

Source

1989 Letter to Shareholders

Medium

Letter

Genre

Letter to shareholders

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Buffett, Warren. Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders. c. 1989.

Mankind has probably done more damage to the earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

Jacques Cousteau

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Topic

Environmental destruction

Speaker

Jacques Cousteau

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

French

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cousteau, Jacques. "Consumer Society Is the Enemy." Interviewed by Nathan Gardels. New Perspectives Quarterly, 1999.

We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.

Chuck Palahniuk

Invisible Monsters

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Topic

Human destructiveness Legacy

Author

Chuck Palahniuk

Source

Invisible Monsters

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Palahniuk, Chuck. Invisible Monsters. W. W. Norton & Company, 1999.

It would be simplistic to say that Divine Providence caused the fall of communism. It fell by itself as a consequence of its own mistakes and abuses. It fell by itself because of its own inherent weakness

Pope John Paul II

Upon being asked if the fall of the USSR could be ascribed to God.

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Topic

Fall of communism Communism Religion and politics

Speaker

Pope John Paul II

Source

His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time

Medium

Interview

Language

Italian

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pope John Paul II. Quoted in His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time, written by Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi. Doubleday, 1996.

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean.

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Topic

Ocean and sea The earth

Speaker

Arthur C. Clarke

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Clarke, Arthur C. Quoted in "Hands Up for the Gaia Hypothesis." Written by James E. Lovelock. Nature Journal, 8 Mar. 1990.

I think all business practices would improve immeasurably if they were guided by "feminine" principles-qualities like love and care and intuition.

Anita Roddick

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Topic

Women in business Business management

Author

Anita Roddick

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roddick, Anita. Body and Soul: Profits with Principles, the Amazing Success Story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop. Crown, 1991, ch. 1.

To be heir to the throne is not a position; it is a predicament.

Alan Bennett

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Topic

The Royal Family Monarchy

Speaker

Prince of Wales

Author

Alan Bennett

Source

The Madness of George III

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bennett, Alan. The Madness of George III. 28 Nov. 1991, Lyttelton Theatre of the National Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 2.

It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

Alfred Eisenstaedt

Quoted in Life Magazine

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Topic

Photography

Speaker

Alfred Eisenstaedt

Source

Life Magazine

Medium

Obituary Magazine

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Eisenstaedt, Alfred. "Obituary." Life Magazine, 24 Aug. 1995.