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I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners can we show as we welcome ourselves and others into our hearts?

Rebecca Wells

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The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

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Wells, Rebecca. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. HarperCollins, 1996, ch. 31.

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You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

Annie Proulx

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The Shipping News

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Proulx, Annie. The Shipping News. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993, ch. 10.

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Hey, I’ll be watching you, Newton. I only came here to do two things, man: kick some ass and drink some beer. Looks like we’re almost outta beer.

Dazed and Confused

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

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I would just like to say that no one ever asked me to lie and I was never promised a job for my silence. And that I'm sorry. I'm really sorry for everything that's happened. And I hate Linda Tripp.

Monica Lewinsky

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Lewinsky, Monica. Grand jury testimony. 6 Aug. 1998, Washington, DC, USA.

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I will not sulk about having no boyfriend, but develop inner poise and authority and sense of self as woman of substance, complete without boyfriend, as best way to obtain boyfriend.

Helen Fielding

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Bridget Jones's Diary

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Fielding, Helen. Bridget Jones's Diary. Picador, 1996.

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My diving bell becomes less oppressive, and my mind takes flight like a butterfly. There is so much to do. You can wander off in space or in time, set out for Tierra del Fuego or for King Midas's court. You can visit the woman you love, slide down beside her and stroke her still-sleeping face.

Jean-Dominique Bauby

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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Bauby, Jean-Dominique. Le Scaphandre et le Papillon [The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]. Editions Robert Laffont, 1997, prologue.

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Information is not power. If information were power, than librarians would be the most powerful people on the planet.

Bruce Sterling

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Sterling, Bruce. Speech in Houston. Social Work Futures Conference. 23 May 1994, Houston, TX, USA.

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Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now...But trust me on the sunscreen.

Mary Schmich

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Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young

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Schmich, Mary. "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young." Chicago Tribune, 1 June 1997.

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I asked him one time what type of writing brought the most money and the agent says, "Ransom notes."

Elmore Leonard

Get Shorty (novel)

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Leonard, Elmore. Get Shorty. Delacorte Press, 1990, ch. 9.

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If you're paying $12, $13, $14 an hour for a factory worker, and you can move your factory south of the border, pay $1 an hour for labor... Have no environmental controls, no pollution controls, and no retirement. And you don't care about anything but making money. There will be a giant sucking sound going south.

Ross Perot

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On trade agreements between the U.S. and other countries.

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Perot, Ross. Spoken at a presidential debate. Presidential debate. 15 Oct. 1992, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, USA.

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How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

Tyler Durden

Fight Club

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

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It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Bloomsbury, 1998, ch. 18.

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People put you down enough you start to believe it.

Pretty Woman

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Pretty Woman. Directed by Garry Marshall, Touchstone Pictures, 1990.

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Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.

Goodfellas

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

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I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged.

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

The Shawshank Redemption

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The Shawshank Redemption. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.

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If I didn't have to hate her, I'd adore her.

My Best Friend's Wedding

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My Best Friend's Wedding. Directed by P. J. Hogan, TriStar Pictures/Zucker Brothers Productions, 1997.

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It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.

Tyler Durden

Fight Club

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

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Mama, always said, dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't.

Forrest Gump

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

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I hate men, but I’m not a lesbian.

Elaine Benes

Seinfeld

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"The Subway." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Larry Charles, directed by Tom Cherones, season 3, episode 13, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1992.