1990s

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We didn't land on Plymouth Rock—Plymouth Rock landed on us!

Malcolm X

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Topic

Black experience

Speaker

Malcolm X

Actor

Denzel Washington

Source

Malcolm X

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Drama (film) Biography Drama

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Malcolm X. Directed by Spike Lee, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1992.

There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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Topic

Infidelity Marriage

Speaker

Diana, Princess of Wales

Source

Panorama

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Princess Diana. "An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales." Panorama. Interviewed by Martin Bashir. BBC1 TV, 20 Nov. 1995.

Everybody talking 'bout gun control, gotta get rid of the guns. Fuck that, I like guns. You got a gun, you don’t have to work out.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Topic

Gun control

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.

"Acceptance" is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else.

David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

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Topic

Acceptance Resignation

Author

David Foster Wallace

Source

Infinite Jest

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

Make no mistake—It's not revenge he's after. It's a reckonin'.

Doc Holliday

Tombstone

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Topic

Revenge

Speaker

Doc Holliday

Actor

Val Kilmer

Source

Tombstone

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tombstone. Directed by George P. Cosmatos, Hollywood Pictures/Cinergi Pictures, 1993.

Put that coffee down! Coffee's for closers only.

Glengarry Glen Ross

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Topic

Coffee

Speaker

Blake

Actor

Alec Baldwin

Source

Glengarry Glen Ross

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Glengarry Glen Ross. Directed by James Foley, Zupnik Enterprises, 1992.

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

Henry Hill

Goodfellas

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Topic

Vocation Life of crime

Speaker

Henry Hill

Actor

Ray Liotta

Source

Goodfellas

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros., 1990.

It was a real slow walk in a real sad rain.

Johnny Cash

Drive On

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Topic

Melancholy Sadness Rain

Speaker

Johnny Cash

Source

Drive On Back In Black

Medium

Song

Genre

Country music

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Cash, Johnny. "Drive On." American Recordings. American Recordings, 1994.

The great story here... Is this vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced for president.

Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Topic

Monica Lewinsky scandal American politics

Speaker

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Source

Today

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Clinton, Hillary. Interview on Today. NBC Television, 27 Jan. 1998.

How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?

Verbal

The Usual Suspects

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Topic

The devil

Speaker

Verbal

Actor

Kevin Spacey

Source

The Usual Suspects

Medium

Film

Genre

Mystery (film) Thriller (film) Mystery Thriller

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Usual Suspects. Directed by Bryan Singer. Bad Hat Harry Productions/Gramercy Pictures/PolyGram Filmed Entertainment/Spelling Television/Blue Parrot Productions, 1995.

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will
Shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness
For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children.
And I will strike down upon thee
With great vengeance and furious anger
Those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers
And you will know my name is the Lord
When I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Pulp Fiction

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Topic

Revenge

Speaker

Jules Winnfield

Actor

Samuel L. Jackson

Source

Pulp Fiction

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pulp Fiction. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart/Jersey Films, 1994.

So you’re telling me there’s a chance!

Lloyd Christmas

Dumb and Dumber

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Topic

Optimism

Speaker

Lloyd Christmas

Actor

Jim Carrey

Source

Dumb and Dumber

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dumb and Dumber. Directed by Peter Farrelly, Katja Motion Picture Corporation/Krevoy/Stabler/Wessler Production, 1994.

Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.

Cormac McCarthy

All the Pretty Horses

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Topic

Scars

Author

Cormac McCarthy

Source

All the Pretty Horses

Medium

Novel

Genre

Western literature

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses. Alfred A. Knopf, 1992, ch. 2.

You know what's wild? Martin Luther King stood for nonviolence. Now what's Martin Luther King? A street. And I don't give a fuck where you at in America—if you on Martin Luther King Boulevard, there's some violence goin' down!

Chris Rock

Bring the Pain

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Topic

Inner city issues

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bring the Pain

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

You could get rid of all the crack, all the herb, all the blow, you know what would happen? People would just think of new ways of getting high. That's right, guys would go in their basement and become scientists, like "Yo check this out, check this out. You know, if you get a baby's bottle, right, fill it up with a little gasoline and a dead lima bean and suck it, you'll be fucked up!"

Chris Rock

Bring the Pain

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Topic

Drugs

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bring the Pain

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me?

Beck

Loser

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Topic

Losers

Speaker

Beck

Source

Loser

Genre

Rock music

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Beck and Carl Stephenson. Loser. Performed by Beck. Mellow Gold. Bong Load Records, 1993.

Are you gonna bark all day, little doggy, or are you gonna bite?

Reservoir Dogs

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Topic

Words vs. actions

Speaker

Mr. Blonde

Actor

Michael Madsen

Source

Reservoir Dogs

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Reservoir Dogs. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Live America Inc./Dog Eat Dog Productions, 1992.

I worry about if and when I'll ever find the right man, if I'll ever be able to exhale. The more I try not to think about it, the more I think about it.

Terry McMillan

Waiting to Exhale

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Topic

Finding someone

Author

Terry McMillan

Source

Waiting to Exhale

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

McMillan, Terry. Waiting to Exhale. The Viking Press, 1992.

If civilization had been left in female hands, we would still be living in grass huts.

Camille Paglia

Sexual Personae

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Topic

Progress

Author

Camille Paglia

Source

Sexual Personae

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson. Yale University Press, 1990, ch. 1.

One does not make peace with one's friends. One makes peace with one's enemies.

Yitzhak Rabin

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Topic

Making peace

Speaker

Yitzhak Rabin

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Rabin, Yitzhak. Quoted in Jerusalem Post. 26 Nov. 1993.