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Bin Laden, Osama. "World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders: Initial "Fatwa" Statement." Al Quds Al Arabi, 23 Feb. 1998.

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A Christmas Story. Directed by Bob Clark, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1983.

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

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

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Clinton, Bill. Comment on campaign trail. 29 Mar. 1992, New York, NY, USA.

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West, Mae. Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It: The Autobiography of Mae West. Prentice Hall, 1959, ch. 21.

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Zedong, Mao. "湖南农民运动考察报告 [Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan]." Zhongyang Fukan, 28 Mar. 1927.

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Berry, Wendell. The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture. Sierra Club Books, 1977, ch. 7.

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Stalin, Joseph. "Marxism VS. Liberalism: An Interview." Interviewed by H. G. Wells. New Century Publishers, Sept. 1937.

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

Johnnie Cochran

On the glove that O.J. Simpson allegedy wore in the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

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Superior Court of California for and in the County of Los Angeles. The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson. 3 Oct. 1995. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/oj/etc/script.html.

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The Exorcist. Directed by William Friedkin, Hoya Productions, 1973.

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The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

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Dead Poets Society. Directed by Peter Weir, Touchstone Pictures/Silver Screen Partners IV, 1989.

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Churchill, Winston. "The Few." House of Commons meeting. 20 Aug. 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

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Churchill, Winston. "The Battle of Britain: 'The Few'." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

I was born by the river
In a little tent
And just like the river
I've been runnin' ever since
It's been a long, a long time comin'
But I know a change gon' come.

Sam Cooke

A Change Is Gonna Come

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Cooke, Sam. "A Change Is Gonna Come." Ain't That Good News. RCA Victor, 1964.

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De Gaulle, Charles. Quoted in Les Mots du General, written by Ernest Mignon. Arthème Fayard, 1962.

If you build it, he will come.

Shoeless Joe Jackson

Field of Dreams

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Field of Dreams. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson, Gordon Company, 1989.

Follow the yellow brick road.

The Munchkins

The Wizard of Oz

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"Follow the Yellow Brick Road/You're Off to See the Wizard." The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming, composed by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Harburg, Edgar Yipsel "Yip." Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

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Proust, Marcel. La Prisonnière [The Prisoner]. Paris: Gallimard, 1923.

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Proust, Marcel. The Prisoner. Penguin Classics, 2019.