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Heat-Moon, William Least. Blue Highways. Fawcett Crest, 1982, preface.

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Updike, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989, ch. 4.

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Searle, John R. "Minds, Brains, and Science." Reith Lectures. BBC Radio 4. 1984. Radio.

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Searle, John R. "Minds, Brains, and Science." Reith Lectures. BBC Radio 4. 1984. Radio.

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Baudrillard, Jean. Cool Memories: 1980-1985. Editions Galilee, 1987, ch. 1.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Lucasfilm Ltd., 1981.

Fate is shaped half by expectation, half by inattention.

Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club

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Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989.

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Die Hard. Directed by John McTiernan, Gordon Company/Silver Pictures, 1988.

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Dirty Dancing. Directed by Emile Ardolino, Great American Films Limited Partnership, 1987.

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The Breakfast Club. Directed by John Hughes, A&M Films/Channel Productions, 1985.

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The King of Comedy. Directed by Martin Scorses, Embassy International Pictures, 1982.

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Full Metal Jacket. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Natant/Harrier Films, 1987.

Fight the power.

Public Enemy

Fight the Power

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"Fight the Power." Do the Right Thing. Directed by Spike Lee, performed by Public Enemy. 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1989.

We're on a mission from God.

Dan Aykroyd

The Blues Brothers

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The Blues Brothers. Directed by John Landis, Universal Pictures, 1980.

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

Ralph Lauren

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Lauren, Ralph. Quoted in "New Fashion Ads: The Provocative Sells." Written by Michael Gross. The New York Times, 19 Apr. 1986.

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Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. Faber & Faber, 1989.

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

P.D. James

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James, P. D. Quoted in Face Magazine. Dec. 1986.

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

John Updike

Hugging the Shore

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Updike, John. Hugging the Shore. Alfred A. Knopf, 1983, foreword.

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Lebowitz, Fran. "Tips for Teens." Social Studies. Random House, 1981.

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Janowitz, Tama. "Modern Saint #271." Slaves of New York. Simon and Schuster/Crown Publishers, 1986.