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I spend my life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless, but not men.

Don Vito Corleone

The Godfather

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

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We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

Joan Didion

The White Album

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

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No sweeping exits or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind
Wild horses couldn't drag me away

The Rolling Stones

Wild Horses

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Jagger, Mick and Keith Richards. "Wild Horses." Performed by The Flying Burrito Brothers. Burrito Deluxe. A&M Records, 1970.

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I have wrassled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale, I woulda handcuffed lightnin', throw thunder in jail.

Muhammad Ali

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When We Were Kings. Directed by Leon Gast. Performed by Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Gramercy Pictures, Jan. 1996. Originally a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. 17 Sept. 1974, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY, USA.

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Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate.

Marvin Gaye

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What's Going On

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Gaye, Marvin. "What's Going On." Written by Al Cleveland and Renaldo Benson and Marvin Gaye. What's Going On. Tamla Records, 1971.

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Filling a space in a beautiful way. That is what art means to me.

Georgia O'Keeffe

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O'Keefe, Georgia. “Georgia O’Keeffe at 90." Interviewed by Mary Lynn Kotz. Art News, Dec. 1977.

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Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1977.

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Your country ain't your blood, you remember that.

The Godfather: Part II

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The Godfather Part II. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures Studios/American Zoetrope/Coppola Company, 1974.

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This quitting thing, it's a hard habit to break once you start.

Bad News Bears (1976)

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The Bad News Bears. Directed by Michael Ritchie, Paramount Pictures, 1976.

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Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose.

Janis Joplin

Me and Bobby McGee

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Kristofferson, Kris and Fred Foster. "Me and Bobby McGee." Performed by Janis Joplin. Pearl. Columbia Records, 1971.

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Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.

Duke Ellington

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Ellington, Edward Kennedy. Music is My Mistress. Doubleday & Company, 1973.

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Pennies don't fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth.

Margaret Thatcher

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Thatcher, Margaret. Speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet. Lord Mayor’s Banquet. 12 Nov. 1979, Guildhall, London, England, UK.

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Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art.

Andy Warhol

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

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Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975, ch. 6.

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If you wanted to join the P.F.J., you'd have to really hate the Romans.

Monty Python's Life of Brian

On the People's Front of Judea, a fictional group of Jewish revolutionaries during the time of Jesus.

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Monty Python's Life of Brian. Directed by Terry Jones, Handmade Films/Python (Monty) Pictures, 1979.

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The history of things that didn’t happen has never been written.

Henry Kissinger

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Kissinger, Henry. Letter to Oriana Fallaci. 4 Nov. 1972.

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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy, John F. Address on the First Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. 13 Mar. 1977, State Dining Room, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

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I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly

Joni Mitchell

River

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Mitchell, Joni. "River." Blue. Reprise Records, 1971.

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Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.

Shirley Chisholm

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Chisholm, Shirley. Spoken in the House of Representatives. House of Representatives meeting. 1970, US House of Representatives, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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