1990s

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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Salman Rushdie

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Topic

Freedom of speech and expression Offensive speech

Author

Salman Rushdie

Source

Weekend Guardian

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Rushdie, Salman."In Good Faith." The Guardian, 10 Feb. 1990.

It don't take much strength to pull a trigger, but try getting up every morning day after day and work for a living, let's see him try that, then we'll see who's the real tough guy, the working man is the tough guy.

A Bronx Tale

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Topic

Making a living

Speaker

Lorenzo

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

A Bronx Tale

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Crime (film) Coming of age Crime

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

A Bronx Tale. Directed by Robert De Niro, Price Entertainment/TriBeCa Productions, 1993.

You're a goddamn quarterback! You know what that means? It's the top spot, kid. It's the guy who takes the fall. It's the guy everybody's looking at first—the leader of a team—who will support you when they understand you. Who will break their ribs and their noses and their necks for you, because they believe. 'Cause you make them believe. That's a quarterback.

Any Given Sunday

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Topic

Leadership Football

Speaker

Tony D'Amato

Actor

Al Pacino

Source

Any Given Sunday

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports (film) Drama (film) Sports Drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Any Given Sunday. Directed by Oliver Stone, The Donners' Company/Ixtlan Productions, 1999.

Long as you live you ain't never gonna see no black vice president. Not while the president's white. They tell you to never say never? I'm saying never. You know why? Cause some black guy would just kill the president, that's why! Shit, I'd do it!

Chris Rock

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Topic

Black President Assassination of the President Race relations American politics

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bring the Pain

Medium

Standup comedy

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Bring the Pain. HBO, 1 June 1996.

This isn't life! This is just stuff! And it's become more important to you than living! Well, honey, that's just nuts.

American Beauty

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Topic

Consumerism Purpose of life

Speaker

Lester Burnham

Actor

Kevin Spacey

Source

American Beauty

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Black comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

American Beauty. Directed by Sam Mendes, Jinks/Cohen Company, 1999.

In the grand design, women were drawn from a different set of blueprints.

Dale Cooper

Twin Peaks

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Topic

Nature of women Women Men and women

Speaker

Dale Cooper

Actor

Kyle MacLachlan

Source

Twin Peaks

Medium

TV program

Genre

Mystery (TV) Drama (TV) Mystery Drama

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Rest In Pain." Twin Peaks, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch and Harley Peyton, directed by Tina Rathborne, season 1, episode 4, Propaganda Films and Spelling Entertainment and Lynch/Frost Productions, 1990.

But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief. Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.

Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

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Topic

Grief Forbidden love

Author

Arundhati Roy

Source

The God of Small Things

Medium

Novel

Genre

Post-colonial literature

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Random House, 1997, ch. 20.

Honey, all you have to be by the time you're 23 is yourself.

Reality Bites

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Topic

Being oneself Authenticity Growing up

Speaker

Troy Dyer

Actor

Ethan Hawke

Source

Reality Bites

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Reality Bites. Directed by Ben Stiller, Jersey Films, 1994.

Well that's where I see things just a little differently. Contract or no, I will not bow to any sponsor.

Wayne Campbell

Wayne's World

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Topic

Selling out

Speaker

Wayne Campbell

Actor

Mike Myers

Source

Wayne's World

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wayne's World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Pictures, 1992.

We used to fuss when the landlord dissed us
No heat. Wonder why Christmas missed us
Birthdays was the worst days
Now we sip champagne when we thirsty.

Notorious BIG

Juicy

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Topic

American Dream Making it

Speaker

Notorious BIG

Source

Juicy Ready to Die

Medium

Song

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Notorious B.I.G. "Juicy." Ready to Die. Bad Boy Records/Arista Records, 1994.

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.

Calvin

Quoted in Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson

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Topic

Stars Slowing down

Speaker

Calvin

Author

Bill Watterson

Source

Calvin and Hobbes

Medium

Comic strip

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Watterson, Bill. Calvin and Hobbes. Comic Strip. 30 June 1992.

Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn't stop for anybody.

Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Walflower

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Topic

The only constant is change Life

Author

Stephen Chbosky

Source

The Perks of Being a Walflower

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Pocket Books, 1999.

Black as midnight on a moonless night.

Dale Cooper

Twin Peaks

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Topic

The dark

Speaker

Dale Cooper

Actor

Kyle MacLachlan

Source

Twin Peaks

Medium

TV program

Genre

Mystery (TV) Drama (TV) Mystery Drama

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Traces to Nowhere." Twin Peaks, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch, directed by Duwayne Dunham, season 1, episode 2, Propaganda Films and Spelling Entertainment and Lynch/Frost Productions, 1990.

She's my friend because we both know what it's like for people to be jealous of us.

Clueless

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Topic

Haters gonna hate High school

Speaker

Cher

Actor

Alicia Silverstone

Source

Clueless

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Teen (film) Coming of age Teen

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Clueless. Directed by Amy Heckerling, Paramount Pictures, 1995.

Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

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Topic

Uniqueness of each person

Author

David Foster Wallace

Source

Infinite Jest

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wallace, David Foster. Infinite Jest. Little, Brown and Company, 1996.

In this world, a man, himself, is nothing. And there ain't no world but this one.

The Thin Red Line

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Topic

The human condition Insignificance of the individual The afterlife

Speaker

1st Sgt. Welsh

Actor

Sean Penn

Source

The Thin Red Line

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) War (film) Epic War

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Thin Red Line. Directed by Terrence Malick, Fox 2000 Pictures/Phoenix Pictures/Geisler-Roberdeau, 1998.

That was stupid. How the hell you gonna get fired on your day off?

Friday

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Topic

Getting fired Days off

Speaker

Mr. Jones

Actor

John Witherspoon

Source

Friday

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Question Irony

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Friday. Directed by F. Gary Gray, New Line Productions/Ghetto Bird Productions, 1995.

Where is my John Wayne?
Where is my prairie song?
Where is my happy ending?
Where have all the cowboys gone?

Paula Cole

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

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Topic

Chivalry is dead Men and women

Speaker

Paula Cole

Source

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cole, Paula. "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" This Fire. Warner Records/Imago Records, 1996.

George, we’ve had it with you. Understand? We love you like a son, but even parents have limits.

Frank Costanza

Seinfeld

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Topic

Parents and children

Speaker

Frank Costanza

Actor

Jerry Stiller

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Junk Mail." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Spike Feresten, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 9, episode 5, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1997.

Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true. So, it's simple, you project strength to avoid conflict.

Point Break

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Topic

Freezing in fear Fear

Speaker

Bodhi

Actor

Patrick Swayze

Source

Point Break

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Crime (film) Action Crime

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Point Break. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Johnny Utah Productions/Largo Entertainment, 1991.