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October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.

Mark Twain

Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Twain, Mark. "Pudd'nhead Wilson." The Century Magazine, Nov. 1893-Oct. 1894.

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Twain, Mark. "Pudd'nhead Wilson." Pudd'nHead Wilson and Other Tales, edited by R.D. Gooder. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.

Henry David Thoreau

The Relation of the Individual to the State

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Thoreau, Henry. "The Relation of the Individual to the State." 26 Jan. 1848, Concord Lyceum, Concord, MA, USA.

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Thoreau, Henry. "Civil Disobedience." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

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I have to leave you now. I'm going to that corner there and turn. You must stay in the car and drive away. Promise not to watch me go beyond the corner. Just drive away and leave me as I leave you.

Roman Holiday

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Roman Holiday. Directed by William Wyler, Paramount Pictures, 1953.

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Shouldn't everybody care about everybody else?

On the Waterfront

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On the Waterfront. Directed by Elia Kazan, Horizon Pictures, 1954.

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We believe that out of the public school grows the greatness of a nation.

Mark Twain

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Twain, Mark. "Public Education Association." 23 Nov. 1900, Berkeley Lyceum, New York, NY, USA.

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Every artist was first an amateur.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Progress of Culture." Phi Beta Kappa society meeting. 18 July 1867, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, UK.

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Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Samuel Johnson

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

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, written by James Boswell. Vol. 1, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, "1776," aetat. 46.

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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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One should always be a little improbable.

Oscar Wilde

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Wilde, Oscar. "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young." The Chameleon. London: Gay and Bird, 1894.

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Wilde, Oscar. "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Blessed are those who have no talent!

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Personal journal entry. Feb. 1850.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Genius and Temperament, 9 April 1861." The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1843-1871, edited by Joel Myerson. Vol. 2, University of Georgia Press, 2010.

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The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

George Washington

First Inaugural Address of George Washington

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Washington, George. "First Inaugural Address." 30 Apr. 1789, Front balcony, Federal Hall, New York City, NY, USA.

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Washington, George. "First Inaugral Address, April 30, 1789." George Washington: Writings, edited by John Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

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You know the difference between me and you? I bleed red and you bleed green.

Avon Barksdale

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The Wire

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"Moral Midgetry." The Wire, written by David Simon and Richard Price and William F. Zorzi, directed by Agnieszka Holland, season 3, episode 8, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2004.

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Many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese-toasted, mostly.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island

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Stevenson, Robert Louis [published as Captain George North]. "Treasure Island or the Mutiny of the Hispaniola." Young Folks, 1881-1882. Weekly serial.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. Signet, 2016, pt. 3, ch. 15.

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I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Journal entry. May 1849.

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Scarlett! Look at me! I love you more than I've ever loved any woman and I've waited longer for you than I've ever waited for any woman.

Rhett Butler

Gone with the Wind

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Gone with the Wind. Directed by Victor Fleming. Selznick International Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

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Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. 1895, St James's Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1.

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Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest, edited by Michael Patrick Gillespie. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022, act 1.

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Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.

Malala Yousafzai

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Yousafzai, Malala. "Malala Yousafzai: The Girls' Hero." Glamour Magazine, 30 Oct. 2013.

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As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.

George Orwell

The Road to Wigan Pier

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Orwell, George. The Road to Wigan Pier. Victor Gollancz, 1937, pt. 2, ch. 11.

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Once you find the truth you ought to be prepared to stand on the street corner and use all your gifts to right the wrong.

Maya Angelou

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Angelou, Maya. "The West Interview: Maya Angelou." Interviewed by Sal Manna. San Jose Mercury News, 22 June 1986.

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The highest result of education is tolerance.

Helen Keller

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Keller, Helen. Optimism. T. Y. Crowell and Company, 1903, pt. 2.

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Keller, Helen. "Optimism." The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays. Dover Publications, 2010, pt. 2.

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

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