1990s

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Alright, Alright, Alright.

Dazed and Confused

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Speaker

David Wooderson

Actor

Matthew McConaughey

Source

Dazed and Confused

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

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Topic

Success and failure Success Failure

Speaker

Michael Jordan

Medium

TV commercial

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

"Failure." Directed by Mark Romanek. Performed by Michael Jordan. Nike, May 1997.

There ain't a white man in this room that would change places with me. None of ya! None of ya would change places with me...and I'm rich! That's how good it is to be white.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Topic

White privilege

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bigger & Blacker

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

You could be the baddest mama on earth. I don’t give a fuck how good you are. Ain't nothing you can say more powerful than, "I’m gonna tell your daddy."

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Topic

Fathers and children

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bigger & Blacker

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

What little girls learn is not the desire for the other, but the desire to be desired.

Naomi Wolf

The Beauty Myth

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Topic

Patriarchy

Author

Naomi Wolf

Source

The Beauty Myth

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women. Chatto & Windus, 1990.

I saw soda pop for $1.20 a six pack, and that price fucks with your head, because then you start to think that you're gonna sell pop.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Topic

Entrepreneurship

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind-even if your voice shakes.

Maggie Kuhn

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Topic

Speaking up Facing one's fears

Author

Maggie Kuhn

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kuhn, Maggie. No Stone Unturned: The Life and Times of Maggie Kuhn. Ballantine Books, 1991, ch. 7.

Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

Anne Lamott

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Topic

Being a good example

Author

Anne Lamott

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions On Writing and Life. Pantheon Books. 1994.

I bought a donut, and they gave me a receipt for the donut. I don't need a receipt for the donut, man, I'll just give you the money, then you give me the donut—end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I just can't imagine a scenario where I would have to prove that I bought a donut.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Topic

Donuts

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.

Jack Handey

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Topic

World peace

Author

Jack Handey

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Handey, Jack. Quoted in L.A. Times. 18 Jan. 1999.

I never joined the Army because "at ease" was never that easy to me. It seemed rather uptight still. I don't relax by parting my legs slightly and putting my hands behind my back.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Topic

The Army The military

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

There can now be no doubt that it is Stalin rather than Hitler, who is the most alarming figure of the twentieth century. I say this-I say this not merely because Stalin killed more people than Hitler-though clearly he did-and not even because of Stalin was more of a psychopath than Hitler-although clearly he was. I say it because Stalin was not a one-off like Hitler, an eruption from nowhere. Stalin stands in a historical tradition of rule by terror which existed before him, which he refined, and which could exist again. His, not Hitler's, is the spectre that should worry us.

Robert Harris

Archangel

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Topic

Totalitarianism

Author

Robert Harris

Source

Archangel

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Harris, Robert. Archangel. Hutchinson, 1998, ch. 11.

Hello. My name's Forrest, Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump

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Speaker

Forrest Gump

Actor

Tom Hanks

Source

Forrest Gump

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Introduction

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Forrest Gump. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, The Tisch Company, 1994.

Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need.

Tyler Durden

Fight Club

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Topic

Consumerism Advertising and marketing

Speaker

Tyler Durden

Actor

Brad Pitt

Source

Fight Club

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

Gentlemen, welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club.

Tyler Durden

Fight Club

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Topic

Secret societies Secrets

Speaker

Tyler Durden

Actor

Brad Pitt

Source

Fight Club

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

The era of big government is over.

Bill Clinton

1996 State of the Union Address

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Topic

Role of government American politics

Speaker

Bill Clinton

Source

1996 State of the Union Address Presidential State of the Union address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Clinton, Bill. "State of the Union Address." Joint session of the United States Congress. 23 Jan. 1996, United States Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Cause she got a great ass...and you got your head all the way up it!

Heat

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Topic

Women's attractiveness

Speaker

Lt. Vincent Hanna

Actor

Al Pacino

Source

Heat

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Heat. Directed by Michael Mann, Regency Enterprises/Forward Pass, 1995.

I am scared of young white boys. If you white and under 21 I am running for the hills.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Topic

School shootings

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bigger & Blacker

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

You make me want to be a better man.

As Good As It Gets

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Topic

Self-improvement Relationships

Speaker

Melvin Udhall

Actor

Jack Nicholson

Source

As Good As It Gets

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

As Good As It Gets. Directed by James L. Brooks, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films, 1997.

You know what’s fucked up about taxes? You don’t even pay taxes. They take tax. You get your check, money gone. That ain’t a payment, that’s a jack.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Topic

Taxes

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bigger & Blacker

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.