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Your silence will not protect you.

Audre Lorde

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Lorde, Audre. "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action." Modern Language Association's Lesbian and Literature Panel. 28 Dec. 1977, Chicago, IL, USA.

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Lorde, Audre. "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action." The Selected Works of Audre Lorde. W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.

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Sheer magnetism, darling.

James Bond

Live and Let Die

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Live and Let Die. Directed by Guy Hamilton, Eon Productions, 1973.

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In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns.

The Godfather

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

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Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

Ronald Reagan

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Reagan, Ronald. Interview. Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 1970.

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They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel,
A boutique, and a swinging hot spot.

Joni Mitchell

Big Yellow Taxi

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Mitchell, Joni. "Big Yellow Taxi." Ladies of the Canyon. Reprise Records, 1970.

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Even if a husband lives two hundred fucking years, he'll never be able to discover his wife's real nature. I mean, I might be able to comprehend the universe, but, I'll never discover the truth about you. Never.

Last Tango in Paris

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Last Tango in Paris. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)/Les Productions Artistes Associes, 1972.

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I made up my mind to never again tag around with a hell-bent type, no matter how in love with him I was.

Badlands

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Badlands. Directed by Terrence Malick, Warner Bros. Pictures, Badlands Company/Pressman-Williams, 1973.

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Machines are gonna fail and the system's gonna fail...then...then, survival. Who has the ability to survive? That's the game—survive.

Deliverance

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Deliverance. Directed by John Boorman, Elmer Enterprises, 1972.

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This ain't something a man usually tells a woman: I love you, Edith.

Archie Bunker

All in the Family

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"Archie in the Cellar." All in the Family, written by Norman Lear and Don Nicholl and Michael Ross, directed by Bob LaHendro and John Rich, season 4, episode 10, Tandem Productions, 1973.

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Well, when the president does it…that means that it is not illegal.

Richard Nixon

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Nixon, Richard. "Nixon Interviews." Interviewed by David Frost. ABC, 19 May 1977, pt. 3.

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And son, don't never ever trust whitey.

The Jerk

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The Jerk. Directed by Carl Reiner, Aspen Film Society, 1979.

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One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.

Crazy Horse

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Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

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Witko, Tashunka. Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, written by Dee Brown. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970, ch. 12.

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Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss.

The Who

Won't Get Fooled Again

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Townshend, Peter. Won't Get Fooled Again. Performed by The Who. Track Records/Decca Records, 1971.

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Friend, there's nobody up there shooting back at you. It isn't always being fast or even accurate that counts. It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull a trigger. I won't.

The Shootist

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The Shootist. Directed by Don Siegel, Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica/Dino de Laurentiis Company, 1976.

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The most exciting thing is not-doing-it. If you fall in love with someone and never do it, it's much more exciting.

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. 3.

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God don't make no mistakes, that's how he got to be God.

Archie Bunker

All in the Family

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"The Battle of the Month." All in the Family, written by Norman Lear and Michael Ross and Bernard West, directed by Bob LaHendro and John Rich, season 3, episode 24, Tandem Productions, 1973.

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