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Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 6.

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Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 6.

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I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore because I know that what we had was real.

The Notebook

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The Notebook. Directed by Nick Cassavetes, Gran Via, 2004.

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All punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil.

Jeremy Bentham

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

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Bentham, Jeremy. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. London: T. Payne and Son, 1789, ch. 13.

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Bentham, Jeremy. Utilitarianism and Other Essays. Penguin UK, 2004, ch. 13.

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Sorry boss, but there's only two men I trust. One of them's me. The other's not you.

Con Air

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Con Air. Directed by Simon West, Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1997.

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The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 3.

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Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 3.

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I won't have cowards in my army.

General George S. Patton Jr.

Patton

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Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox, 1969.

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A damn fine cup of coffee.

Dale Cooper

Twin Peaks

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"Pilot." Twin Peaks, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch, directed by David Lynch, season 1, episode 1, Lynch Entertainment and Lynch/Frost Productions and Spelling Entertainment, 1990.

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He is well paid that is well satisfied.

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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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 4, sc. 1.

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And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Who hath desired the Sea? The sight of salt water unbounded?

Rudyard Kipling

Kim

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Kipling, Rudyard. "Kim." McClure's Magazine, Dec. 1900 - Oct. 1901.

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Kipling, Rudyard. Kim, edited by Zohreh T. Sullivan. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002.

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The history of England is emphatically the history of progress.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Sir James Mackintosh." Edinburgh Review, July 1835.

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The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 6 July 1763.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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There shall be no love lost.

Ben Jonson

Every Man out of His Humour

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Jonson, Ben. Every Man out of His Humour. Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1.

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Jonson, Ben. "Every Man out of His Humour." Ben Jonson: Five Plays, edited by G. A. Wilkes. Oxford University Press, 2009, act 2, sc. 1.

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I never wanted to be anybody else.

Easy Rider

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Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

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It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising the sovereignty. Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and an usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin. Let us, then, look to the great cause, and endeavor to preserve it in full force. Let us by all wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.

James Monroe

First Inaugural Address of James Monroe

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Monroe, James. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1817, Front steps, Old Brick Capitol, Washington, DC, USA.

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Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see.

John Lennon

Working Class Hero

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Lennon, John. "Working Class Hero." John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Apple Records, 1970.

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Well maybe the real God uses tricks, you know? Maybe he's not omnipotent. He's just been around so long he knows everything.

Groundhog Day

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Groundhog Day. Directed by Harold Ramis, Columbia Pictures, 1993.

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In a progressive country change is constant; and the great question is, not whether you should resist change which is inevitable, but whether that change should be carried out in deference to the manners, the customs, the laws, the traditions of the people, or in deference to abstract principles and arbitrary and general doctrines.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Disraeli, Benjamin. Speech on Reform Bill of 1867. Conservative Banquet. 29 Oct. 1867, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

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That orbed maiden with white fire laden,
Whom mortals call the Moon.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Cloud

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "The Cloud." Prometheus Unbound, A Lyrical Drama, in Four Acts, With Other Poems. London: Charles and James Ollier, 1820, I. 45.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "The Cloud." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 45.

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You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.

Before Sunset

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Before Sunset. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/ Detour Filmproduction/Columbia Pictures, 2004.

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