1990s

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This is a circus. It's a national disgrace. And from my standpoint as a black American, as far as I'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves, to do for themselves.

Clarence Thomas

On the Senate hearings on his nomination to the Supreme Court.

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Topic

American politics

Speaker

Clarence Thomas

Medium

Congressional hearing

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Thomas, Clarence. Quoted in The New York Times. 12 Oct. 1991. Originally a statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee. 11 Oct. 1991, Washington, DC, USA.

It's basic dog psychology, if you scare them and get them peeing down their leg, they submit. But if you project weakness, you draw aggression, that's how people get hurt.

Point Break

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Topic

Man and animals Dogs Submission Power dynamics

Speaker

Bodhi

Actor

Patrick Swayze

Source

Point Break

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Crime (film) Action Crime

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules? Mark it zero!

The Big Lebowski

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Topic

Rules Rule of law

Speaker

Walter Sobchak

Actor

John Goodman

Source

The Big Lebowski

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime comedy (film) Comedy (film) Crime comedy Comedy

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Big Lebowski. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Working Title Films, 1998.

In the business world... The rear-view mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

Warren Buffett

1991 Letter to Shareholders

Read this letter at Berkshire Hathaway's website

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Topic

Business forecasts Business

Author

Warren Buffett

Source

1991 Letter to Shareholders

Medium

Letter

Genre

Letter to shareholders

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Buffett, Warren. Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders. 1991.

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people.

Angela Carter

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Topic

Comedy Tragedy

Author

Angela Carter

Source

Wise Children

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Carter, Angela. Wise Children. Chatto & Windus, 1991, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Carter, Angela. Wise Children. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007, ch. 5.

She knows exactly what she's doin'.

The Sandlot

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Topic

Women

Speaker

Benny Rodriguez

Actor

Mike Vitar

Source

The Sandlot

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Sports (film) Coming of age Sports

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Sandlot. Directed by David Mickey Evans, Island World, 1993.

You got strange powers.

The Magnetic Fields

Strange Powers

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Topic

Being in love

Speaker

The Magnetic Fields

Source

Strange Powers

Medium

Song

Genre

Indie music

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Magnetic Fields. "Strange Powers." Holiday. Feel Good All Over, 1994.

Will you still love me when I'm in my carbohydrate, sequined-jumpsuit, young-girls-in-white-cotton-panties, waking-up-in-a-pool-of-your-own-vomit, bloated-purple-dead-on-a-toilet phase?

Wayne Campbell

Wayne's World

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Topic

Love

Speaker

Wayne Campbell

Actor

Mike Myers

Source

Wayne's World

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

Just 'cause you're beautiful, that doesn't mean that you can treat people like they don't matter.

10 Things I Hate About You

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Topic

Beautiful women

Speaker

Cameron James

Actor

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Source

10 Things I Hate About You

Medium

Film

Genre

Teen (film) Romantic comedy (film) Teen Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ten Things I Hate About You. Directed by Gil Junger, Touchstone Pictures, 1999.

Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.

Josephine Hart

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Topic

Suffering Adversity Survival

Speaker

Anna

Author

Josephine Hart

Source

Damage

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hart, Josephine. Damage. Alfred A. Knopf/Chatto & Windus, 1991, ch. 12.

Man, it’s the same bullshit they tried to pull in my day. You know, if it ain’t that piece of paper, there’s some other choice they’re gonna try and make for you. You gotta do what Randall "Pink" Floyd wants to do, man. Let me tell you this: the older you do get, the more rules they’re gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin’, man, L-I-V-I-N.

Dazed and Confused

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Topic

Following your heart Society and the individual The man

Speaker

David Wooderson

Actor

Matthew McConaughey

Source

Dazed and Confused

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Comedy (film) Coming of age Comedy

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dazed and Confused. Directed by Richard Linklater, Detour Filmproduction/Alphaville Films, 1993.

My point is rock and roll, by its very nature, leads to a breakdown in discipline.

Mr. Holland's Opus

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Topic

Rock music Authority figures

Speaker

Vice Principal Wolters

Actor

William H. Macy

Source

Mr. Holland's Opus

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mr. Holland's Opus. Directed by Stephen Herek, Hollywood Pictures/Interscope Communications/PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1995.

To be like everyone else. Isn't that what we all want in the end?

Carol Shields

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Topic

Conformity Man as social animal

Author

Carol Shields

Source

Larry's Party

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Shields, Carol. Larry's Party. Knopf Canada, 1997, ch. 9.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Douglas Adams

Mostly Harmless

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Topic

User experience Fools Design

Author

Douglas Adams

Source

Mostly Harmless

Medium

Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Adams, Douglas. Mostly Harmless. William Heinemann/Harmony Books, 1992, ch. 12.

Having looked the beast of the past in the eye, having asked and received forgiveness and having made amends, let us shut the door on the past-not in order to forget it but in order not to allow it to imprison us.

Desmond Tutu

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Topic

Moving forward Letting go of the past The past

Author

Desmond Tutu

Source

Report of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tutu, Desmond. Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report. Vol. 1, The Commission, 1998, foreword.

A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security.

Henry Kissinger

Reflections on Containment

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Topic

Morality in foreign policy Foreign policy International politics

Author

Henry Kissinger

Source

Reflections on Containment Foreign Affairs

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kissinger, Henry. "Reflections on Containment." Foreign Affairs, June 1994.

Ain't nobody from outside bringing down the property value. It's these folk, shootin' each other and sellin' that crack rock and shit.

Boyz n the Hood

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Topic

Crack epidemic Inner city issues

Speaker

The Old Man

Actor

Whitman Mayo

Source

Boyz n the Hood

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Drama (film) Coming of age Drama

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Boyz n the Hood. Directed by John Singleton, Columbia Pictures, 1991.

Guns for show, knives for a pro.

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

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Topic

Guns Knives Weapons

Speaker

Soap

Actor

Dexter Fletcher

Source

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime comedy (film) Crime comedy

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Directed by Guy Ritchie, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment/HandMade Films/SKA Films/The Steve Tisch Company/Summit Entertainment, 1998.

When you dance with the devil, you wait for the song to stop.

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

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Topic

Taking risks

Speaker

Barry The Baptist

Actor

Lenny McLean

Source

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime comedy (film) Crime comedy

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Directed by Guy Ritchie, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment/HandMade Films/SKA Films/The Steve Tisch Company/Summit Entertainment, 1998.

The tree was already rotten. I just gave it a good shake and the rotten apples fell.

Pope John Paul II

On the Soviet Union.

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Topic

Fall of communism Communism

Speaker

Pope John Paul II

Language

Polish

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pope John Paul II. Quoted in His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time, written by Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi. Doubleday, 1996.