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He that is down needs fear no fall
He that is low, no pride;
He that is humble ever shall
Have God to be his guide.

John Bunyan

The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that Which is to Come

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Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that Which is to Come. London: Nathaniel Ponder, 1678, pt. 2.

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Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress, edited by Roger Pooley. Penguin Classics, 2009, pt. 2.

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A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

Tom Wolfe

The Bonfire of the Vanities

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Wolfe, Tom. The Bonfire of the Vanities. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987.

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Well that's where I see things just a little differently. Contract or no, I will not bow to any sponsor.

Wayne Campbell

Wayne's World

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

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The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

John Marshall

McCulloch v. Maryland

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Marshall, John. United States, Supreme Court. McCulloch v. Maryland. United States Reports, vol. 17, 5 Mar. 1819, pp. 316-437. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/17/316/.

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We're too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. We're not, as some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline.

Ronald Reagan

First Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan

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Reagan, Ronald. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1981, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Relatively soon, I will die. Maybe in 20 years, maybe tomorrow, it doesn't matter. Once I am dead and everyone who knew me dies too, it will be as though I never even existed. What difference has my life made to anyone. None that I can think of. None at all.

About Schmidt

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About Schmidt. Directed by Alexander Payne. New Line Cinema, 2002.

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In every land there are always at work forces that drive men apart and forces that draw men together. In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up, or else we all go down, as one people.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1937, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, January 20, 1937." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.

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Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.

Khaled Hosseini

And the Mountains Echoed

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Hosseini, Khaled. And The Mountains Echoed. Riverhead Books, 2013.

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Wandering around our America has changed me more than I thought. I am not me anymore, at least, I'm not the same me I was.

The Motorcycle Diaries

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The Motorcycle Diaries. Directed by Walter Salles, Film4 Productions, BD Cine, Wildwood Enterprises, FilmFour/BD Cine/Wildwood Enterprises, Inc., 2004.

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If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.

Ernest Hemingway

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Hemingway, Ernest. Remark to Aaron Hotchner. c. 1950.

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Hemingway, Ernest. Quoted in A Moveable Feast. Scribners, 2010, foreword.

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Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.

Tom Joad

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The Grapes of Wrath

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The Grapes of Wrath. Directed by John Ford. 20th Century Fox, 1940.

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Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first.

Duck Soup

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Duck Soup. Directed by Leo McCarey. Paramount Pictures Studio, 1933.

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We used to fuss when the landlord dissed us
No heat. Wonder why Christmas missed us
Birthdays was the worst days
Now we sip champagne when we thirsty.

Notorious BIG

Juicy

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The Notorious B.I.G. "Juicy." Ready to Die. Bad Boy Records/Arista Records, 1994.

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Some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

The Dark Knight

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

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None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.

John Milton

The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates

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Milton, John. The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates. London: Matthew Simons, 1649.

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Milton, John. "The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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There's nothing to explain. You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen.

The Princess Bride

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The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Communications/Buttercup Films/The Princess Bride Ltd., 1987.

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There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made.

Willa Cather

My Antonia

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Cather, Willa, My Ántonia. Houghton Mifflin, 1918, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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Cather, Willa. My Ántonia. W. W. Norton & Co., 2015, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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Man has his will,—but woman has her way!

Oliver Wendell Holmes

This is It

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "This Is It." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Dec. 1857.

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Men get such hard-ons from putting their names on stuff. You guys don't grow up. It's like you need to pee on everything.

Up in the Air

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Up in the Air. Directed by Jason Reitman, DreamWorks Pictures/The Montecito Picture Company/Cold Spring Pictures/Rickshaw Productions/Right of Way Films, 2009.

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The election makes me think of a story of a man who was dying. He had only two minutes to live, so he sent for a clergyman and asked him, “Where is the best place to go to?” He was undecided about it. So the minister told him that each place had its advantages—heaven for climate, and hell for society.

Mark Twain

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Twain, Mark. "Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany." 7 Oct. 1901, New York City, NY, USA.

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Twain, Mark. "Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany." Mark Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches & Essays 1891-1910, edited by Louis J. Budd. Library of America, 1992.

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