1980s

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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.

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

E.T. Phone home.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1982.

Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.

Anne of Green Gables (film)

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Anne of Green Gables. Directed by Kevin Sullivan. CBC, 1-2 Jan. 1985.

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Rocky IV. Directed by Sylvester Stallone, United Artists/Chartoff-Winkler Productions, 1985.

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The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Communications/Buttercup Films/The Princess Bride Ltd., 1987.

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When Harry Met Sally... Directed by Rob Reiner, Nelson Entertainment/Castle Rock Entertainment, 1989.

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McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West. Random House, 1985, ch. 5.

You may keep one of your children. The other one must go.

Sophie's Choice

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Sophie's Choice. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, Keith Barish Productions/ITC Entertainment, 1982.

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Directed by John Hughes. Paramount Pictures, 1986.

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Stand By Me. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Productions, 1986.

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Beckett, Samuel. "Worstward Ho!" Nohow On. The Limited Editions Club, 1989.

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Herbert, Frank. Chapterhouse: Dune. Putnam, 1985.

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Tutu, Desmond. The Today Show, NBC, 9 Jan. 1985.

If you remember the 60's, you really weren't there.

Charles Fleischer

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Fleischer, Charles. "If You Remember the 60's, You Really Weren't There." LA Times, 13 June 1982.

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Wall Street. Directed by Oliver Stone, American Entertainment Partners/American Films, 1987.

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Fukuyama, Francis. "The End of History?" National Interest, summer 1989.

A life in which the gods are not invited is not worth living. It will be quieter, but there won't be any stories.

Roberto Calasso

The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

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Calasso, Robert. Le nozze di Cadmo e Armonia [The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmonia]. Adelphi Edizioni, 1988, ch. 12.

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The Shining. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, The Producer Circle Company/Peregrine Productions/Hawk Films, 1980.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

John Lennon

Beautiful Boy

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Lennon, John. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)." Double Fantasy. Geffen Records/Capitol Records, 1980.