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My life, my real life, was in danger, and not from anything other people might do but from the hatred I carried in my own heart.

James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

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Baldwin, James. "Me and My House." Harper's Magazine, Nov. 1955.

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Baldwin, James. "Notes of a Native Son." James Baldwin: Collected Essays, edited by Toni Morrison. Library of America, 1998.

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If you don't believe in love, what's the point of living?

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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"Ron and Tammy." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Mike Scully, directed by Troy Miller, season 2, episode 8, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2009.

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You sit on a throne of lies!

Buddy

Elf

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Elf. Directed by Jon Favreau. New Line Cinema/Guy Walks Into a Bar Productions, 2003.

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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.

George Washington

Washington's Farewell Address

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Washington, George. "The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America on His Declining the Presidency of the United States." Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 19 Sept. 1796.

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Washington, George. "Farewell Address, September 19, 1796." George Washington: Writings, edited by John Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

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I can't kill my own father.

Luke Skywalker

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Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. Directed by Richard Marquand, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1983.

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We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.

Winston Churchill

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Churchill, Winston. Speech on plans for the rebuilding of the Chamber. House of Commons meeting. 28 Oct. 1943, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

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Churchill, Winston. "A sense of crowd and urgency', 28 October 1943, House of Commons." Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches. Hyperion, 2005.

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On the whole, and in the long run, we shall go up or down together.

Theodore Roosevelt

1901 State of the Union Address

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Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "State of the Union Address." 3 Dec. 1901, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Mary, I know what I'm gonna do tomorrow, and the next day, and next year, and the year after that. I'm shakin' the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I'm gonna see the world.

It's a Wonderful Life

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

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If there were more food and fewer people, this would be a perfect party.

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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"Pawnee Commons." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Alexandra Rushfield, directed by Morgan Sackett, season 5, episode 8, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2012.

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Real freedom is freedom from fear, and unless you can live from fear, you cannot live a dignified human life.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi. Undated interview with the BBC. c. 1970.

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Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Ethical Demands for Integration

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. “The Ethical Demands for Integration.” 27 Dec. 1962, University of Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, TN, USA.

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I don't want to survive. I want to live.

12 Years a Slave

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12 Years a Slave. Directed by Steve McQueen, Plan B Entertainment/Regency Enterprises/ Film4 Productions/River Road Entertainment/Regency Enterprises, 2013.

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When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

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Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Random House, 1997, ch. 1.

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Dad always used to say the only causes worth fighting for were the lost causes.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Directed by Frank Capra, Columbia Pictures, 1939.

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Why do I get the feeling that someday I'll be describing this to a psychiatrist?

Lisa Simpson

The Simpsons

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"Dead Putting Society." The Simpsons, written by Matt Groening and James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, directed by Rich Moore, season 2, episode 6, Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television, 1990.

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Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Thomas Jefferson

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Currie. 28 Jan. 1786.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "Letter to James Currie, 28 Jan. 1786." The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Julian P. Boyd. Vol. 9, Princeton University Press, 1954.

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You know what's gonna happen to you? I am gonna march you over to the zoo and feed you to the yak.

Breakfast at Tiffany's

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Breakfast at Tiffany's. Directed by Blake Edwards, Jurow-Shepherd/Spinel Entertainment, 1961.

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I am so through with men.

Reality Bites

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

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To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 12.

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Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 19.

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A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.

Muhammad Ali

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Ali, Muhammad. "Clay Says He Has Adopted Islam Religion and Regards It as Way to Peace." Interviewed by The Associated Press. The New York Times, 28 Feb. 1964.

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