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Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene. Oxford University Press, 1976, ch. 1.

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Updike, John. Rabbit Redux. Alfred A. Knopf, 1971, ch. 1.

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Updike, John. "How to Love America and Leave It at the Same Time." The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 1972.

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Updike, John. "How to Love America and Leave It at the Same Time." Problems and Other Stories. Knopf, 1979.

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Nixon, Richard. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1973, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

But you know that when the truth is told, that you can get what you want, or you can just get old.

Billy Joel

Vienna

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Joel, Billy. "Vienna." The Stranger. Columbia Records, 1977.

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

It's better to burn out
Than to fade away.

Neil Young

My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)

Quoted by Kurt Cobain in his suicide note.

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Young, Neil and Jeff Blackburn. "My, My, Hey, Hey (Out of the Blue)." Performed by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Rust Never Sleeps. Reprise Records, 1979.

Of my two "handicaps," being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

Shirley Chisholm

Unbought and Unbossed

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Chisholm, Shirley. Unbought and Unbossed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1970, introduction.

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Didion, Joan. "In the Islands." The White Album. Simon & Schuster, 1979.

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Sontag, Susan. "The Heroism of Vision." On Photography. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977.

You can't kill the boogeyman!

Halloween

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Halloween. Directed by John Carpenter, Compass International Pictures/Falcon International Productions, 1978.

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A Clockwork Orange. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Polaris Productions/Hawk Films, 1971.

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Jordan, Barbara. Statement at Debate on Articles of Impeachment. U.S. House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Hearings. 25 July 1974, Washington, DC, USA.

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Nixon, Richard. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1973, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene. Oxford University Press, 1976, ch. 2.

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Thompson, Hunter S. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream." Rolling Stone Magazine, 11 Nov. 1971.

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Carter, James E. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1977, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Grease. Directed by Randal Kleiser, Allan Carr Enterprises/Stigwood Group, 1978.

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Fogerty, John. "Who'll Stop the Rain." Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Cosmo's Factory. Fantasy Records, 1970.