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Do you believe in miracles? Yes!

Al Michaels

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After the U.S. men's hockey team beat the Sovet Union for the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics.

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Michaels, Al. Spoken at the conclusion of victory by U.S. Olympic ice hockey team. 24 Feb. 1980, Olympic Fieldhouse, Olympic Arena, Lake Placid, NY, USA. ABC television broadcast.

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Pain is an event, an experience that must be recognized, named, and then used in some way in order for the experience to change, to be transformed into something else, strength or knowledge or action.

Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider

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Lorde, Audre. "Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and Anger." Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches. Crossing Press, 1984.

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I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy-but that could change.

Dan Quayle

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Quayle, Dan. Quoted in Wall Street Journal. 26 May 1989.

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We believe if you have a family you can't eliminate certain members of that family because profits are down.

Akio Morita

Quoted in The Sunday Telegraph

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Morita, Akio. Interviewed by U.K. Sunday Telegraph. c. 1988.

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Take me to bed, or lose me forever.

Top Gun

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Top Gun. Directed by Tony Scott, Paramount Pictures/Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1986.

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You don't have time to think up there. If you think, you're dead.

Top Gun

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Top Gun. Directed by Tony Scott, Paramount Pictures/Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1986.

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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.

Tony Montana

Scarface

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Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

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Do you have the slightest idea what a moral and ethical principle is? Do you?

The Shining

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

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I want a woman that will arouse my intellect as well as my loins.

Prince Akeem

Coming to America

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Coming To America. Directed by John Landis, Eddie Murphy Productions, 1988.

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Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

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First learn stand, then learn fly. Nature rule, Daniel-San, not the mind.

Mr. Miyagi

The Karate Kid

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The Karate Kid. Directed by John G. Avildsen, Delphi II Productions/Jerry Weintraub Productions, 1984.

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It's amazing, you look like a normal person, but actually, you are the angel of death.

When Harry Met Sally…

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

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No journey is too great when one finds what he seeks.

Prince Akeem

Coming to America

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Coming To America. Directed by John Landis, Eddie Murphy Productions, 1988.

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In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the woman. That's why you gotta make your own moves.

Tony Montana

Scarface

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Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

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When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

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Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985, ch. 6.

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You like me because I’m a scoundrel. There aren’t enough scoundrels in your life.

Han Solo

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Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Directed by Irvin Kershner, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1980.

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Most of what matters in our lives takes place in our absence.

Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children

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Rushdie, Salman. "Perforated Sheet." Midnight's Children. Jonathan Cape, 1981, bk. 1.

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You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be! You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy!"

Tony Montana

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Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

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You can be my wingman anytime.

Top Gun

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Top Gun. Directed by Tony Scott, Paramount Pictures/Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1986.

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