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The rest of my life stretches out as an emptiness before me.

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

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

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Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the Dark Side will be complete!

The Emperor

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Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. Directed by Richard Marquand, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1983.

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Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

Calvin

Quoted in Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson

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Watterson, Bill. Calvin and Hobbes. Comic Strip. 8 Nov. 1989.

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The most valuable commodity I know of is information.

Gordon Gekko

Wall Street

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

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Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.

Airplane!

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Airplane! Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker. Paramount Pictures/Howard W. Koch Productions, 1980.

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My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.

Ronald Reagan

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Reagan, Ronald. Joke during microphone check prior to weekly radio address. 11 Aug. 1984, Rancho del Cielo, California, USA.

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No, we will not die like dogs, we will fight like lions because we are the three amigos!

Three Amigos!

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Three Amigos. Directed by John Landis, Orion Pictures, 1986.

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Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Please open his mouth. Now, mostly dead is slightly alive.

The Princess Bride

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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 I buy a new book, I read the last page first. That way, in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.

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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Oh, now you’re saying that I’m redundant, that I repeat myself, that I say things over and over!

Frasier Crane

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Cheers

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"Behind Every Great Man." Cheers, written by Glen Charles and Les Charles and James Burrows, directed by James Burrows, season 3, episode 19, Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions and Paramount Television, 1985.

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If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.

Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood

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Murakami, Haruki. ノルウェイの森 [Norwegian Wood]. Kodansha, 1987.

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My foe, my enemy, is an animal. In order to conquer it, I have to think like an animal, and whenever possible, to look like one.

Caddyshack

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Caddyshack. Directed by Harold Ramis, Orion Pictures, 1980.

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A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

Tom Wolfe

The Bonfire of the Vanities

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Wolfe, Tom. The Bonfire of the Vanities. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987.

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We're too great a nation to limit ourselves to small dreams. We're not, as some would have us believe, doomed to an inevitable decline.

Ronald Reagan

First Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan

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Reagan, Ronald. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1981, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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There's nothing to explain. You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen.

The Princess Bride

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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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How can I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?

Ferris Bueller

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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

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My God, are we gonna be like our parents?

The Breakfast Club

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

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You know what I am? I'm your worst fuckin' nightmare, man. I'm a nigger with a badge which means I got permission to kick your fuckin' ass whenever I feel like it!

48 Hrs

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48 Hrs. Directed by Walter Hill, Lawrence Gordon Productions, 1982.

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When you read, don't just consider what the author thinks, consider what you think.

Dead Poets Society

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

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Stop going for the easy buck and produce something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.

Wall Street

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

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