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I love you. You...complete me.

Jerry Maguire

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Topic

Being in love Love

Speaker

Jerry Maguire

Actor

Tom Cruise

Source

Jerry Maguire

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Statement Type

Profession of love

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jerry Maguire. Directed by Cameron Crowe, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films/Vinyl Films, 1996.

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.

Rick Blaine

Casablanca

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Topic

Coincidence

Speaker

Rick Blaine

Actor

Humphrey Bogart

Source

Casablanca

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1942.

Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic

Boxing Self-assurance

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Statement Type

Boast

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ali, Muhammad. Statement after fighting Henry Cooper. Boxing match. 18 June 1963, Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK.

Fredo, you’re my older brother, and I love you. But don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever.

Michael Corleone

The Godfather

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Topic

Loyalty to family Family

Speaker

Michael Corleone

Actor

Al Pacino

Source

The Godfather

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Godfather. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures/Alfran Productions, 1972.

It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals. They seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

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Topic

Idealism Optimism Human nature

Author

Anne Frank

Source

The Diary of a Young Girl

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Dutch

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Frank, Anne. Journal entry. 15 July 1944.

Wax on, wax off.

Mr. Miyagi

The Karate Kid

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Speaker

Mr. Miyagi

Actor

Pat Morita

Source

The Karate Kid

Medium

Film

Genre

Martial arts (film) Drama (film) Martial arts Drama

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Karate Kid. Directed by John G. Avildsen, Delphi II Productions/Jerry Weintraub Productions, 1984.

Help me, help you. Help me, help you.

Jerry Maguire

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Topic

Helping others

Speaker

Jerry Maguire

Actor

Tom Cruise

Source

Jerry Maguire

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jerry Maguire. Directed by Cameron Crowe, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films/Vinyl Films, 1996.

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.

Fight Club

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Topic

Carpe diem Life Death

Source

Fight Club

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

You had me at hello.

Jerry Maguire

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Topic

Hopelessly in love Being in love

Speaker

Dorothy Boyd

Actor

Renée Zellweger

Source

Jerry Maguire

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Statement Type

Profession of love

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jerry Maguire. Directed by Cameron Crowe, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films/Vinyl Films, 1996.

If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.

Jerry Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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Topic

Instincts Opposites

Speaker

Jerry Seinfeld

Actor

Jerry Seinfeld

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Opposite." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Andy Cowan, directed by Tom Cherones, season 5, episode 22, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.

This is New York. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.

As Good As It Gets

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Topic

New York City

Speaker

Melvin Udhall

Actor

Jack Nicholson

Source

As Good As It Gets

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

As Good As It Gets. Directed by James L. Brooks, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films, 1997.

Just a drink. A martini, shaken, not stirred.

James Bond

Goldfinger

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Topic

Drink order Alcohol

Speaker

James Bond

Actor

Sean Connery

Source

Goldfinger

Medium

Film

Genre

Spy (film) Thriller (film) Spy Thriller

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Goldfinger. Directed by Guy Hamilton. Eon Productions, 1964.

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir... America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

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Topic

Declaration of Independence US Constitution The Founders American founding Civil rights American politics

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

I Have a Dream

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.

Come mothers and fathers,
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand.

Bob Dylan

The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)

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Topic

Change Progress

Speaker

Bob Dylan

Source

The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) The Times They Are a-Changin' (album)

Medium

Song

Genre

Protest music Folk music

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Dylan, Bob. "The Times They Are a-Changin'." The Times They Are a-Changin'. Columbia Records, 1965.

When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

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Topic

Freedom Equality

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

I Have a Dream

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.

I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic

Vietnam War

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Medium

Press conference

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Ali, Muhammad. Quoted in "I Ain't Got No Quarrel with them Viet Cong." Written by Bob Orkland. The New York Times, 27 June 2017. Originally a press conference. 28 Apr. 1967, Louisville, KY, USA.

Every man dies, not every man really lives.

William Wallace

Braveheart

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Life and death

Speaker

William Wallace

Actor

Mel Gibson

Source

Braveheart

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Historical drama (film) Epic Historical drama

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Braveheart. Directed by Mel Gibson, Icon Productions/The Ladd Company, 1995.

The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.

Ernest Hemingway

For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Topic

The world Death

Speaker

Robert Jordan

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Medium

Novel

Genre

War novel

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940, ch. 43.

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

Bluto

Animal House

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Topic

Drinking alcohol Alcohol

Speaker

Bluto

Actor

John Belushi

Source

Animal House

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Animal House. Directed by John Landis, Universal Pictures, 1978.

To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Homer Simpson

The Simpsons

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Topic

Alcohol Solving problems

Speaker

Homer Simpson

Actor

Dan Castellaneta

Source

The Simpsons

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Statement Type

Toast

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Homer vs. the 18th Amendment." The Simpsons, written by Matt Groening and James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, directed by Bob Anderson, season 8, episode 18, Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television, 1997.