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Sunset Boulevard. Directed by Billy Wilder, Paramount Pictures, 1950.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun

Billy Joel

Only the Good Die Young

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Joel, Billy. "Only the Good Die Young." The Stranger. Columbia Records, 1977.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 6.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 6.

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Any Given Sunday. Directed by Oliver Stone, The Donners' Company/Ixtlan Productions, 1999.

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It's a Wonderful Life. Directed by Frank Capra, Liberty Films, 1946.

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Marx, Groucho. "Groucho." People I have Loved, Known, or Admired, written by Leo Rosten. McGraw-Hill, 1970.

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O'Shaughnessy, Arthur. "Ode." Music and Moonlight: Poems and Songs. London: Chatto and Windus, 1874.

A short life in the saddle, Lord!
Not long life by the fire.

Louise Imogen Guiney

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Guiney, Louise Imogen. "The Knight Errant." A Roadside Harp. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1893, st. 2.

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"Better Call Saul." Breaking Bad, written by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, directed by Terry McDonough, season 2, episode 8, High Bridge Productions and Gran Via Productions, 2009.

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The Dark Knight. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy, 2008.

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Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Bring the Pain. HBO, 1 June 1996.

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American Beauty. Directed by Sam Mendes, Jinks/Cohen Company, 1999.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin." 30 Sep. 1859, Milwawkee, WI, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 30, 1859." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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"Rest In Pain." Twin Peaks, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch and Harley Peyton, directed by Tina Rathborne, season 1, episode 4, Propaganda Films and Spelling Entertainment and Lynch/Frost Productions, 1990.

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Lorde, Audre. "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action." Modern Language Association's Lesbian and Literature Panel. 28 Dec. 1977, Chicago, IL, USA.

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Lorde, Audre. "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action." The Selected Works of Audre Lorde. W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.

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Douglass, Frederick. "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Independence Day Celebration. 5 July 1852, Corinthian Hall, Rochester, NY, USA.

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Douglass, Frederick. "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Frederick Douglass: Speeches & Writings, edited by David W. Blight. Library of America, 2022.

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Into the Wild. Directed by Sean Penn, Paramount Vantage/River Road Entertainment/Square One C.I.H./Linson Film, 2007.

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 51, The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments." New York Packet, 8 Feb. 1788.

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Madison, James. "No. 51: How to maintain: make the parts check each other. Also, a federal system divides power further.--Madison (or Hamilton)." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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"Sweetums." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Alan Yang, directed by Dean Holland, season 2, episode 15, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2010.

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Douglass, Frederick. "Southern Barbarism." Twenty-Fourth Anniversary of Emancipation. 16 April 1886, Washington, DC, USA.