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We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion and medicine, law, business, engineering. These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

Dead Poets Society

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Dead Poets Society. Directed by Peter Weir, Touchstone Pictures/Silver Screen Partners IV, 1989.

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I can remember absolutely everything, young man, that's my curse. That's one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race, memory.

Citizen Kane

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Citizen Kane. Directed by Orson Welles. RKO Radio Pictures/Mercury Productions, 1941.

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

Mr. Holland's Opus

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

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But if you want true love, then this is it. This is real life. It's not perfect but it's real.

Before Midnight

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Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

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

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The evil that men should turn their brothers into beasts of burden, to slave and suffer in dumb anguish, to be stripped of spirit, and hope, and faith—only because they are of another race, another creed. If there is a god, he did not mean this to be so.

Moses

The Ten Commandments

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The Ten Commandments. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Cecil B. DeMille Productions, 1956.

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It’s just like our life, we appear and we disappear. We are so important to some, but we are just…passing through.

Before Midnight

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Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

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If I could change one thing about you, it would be for you to stop trying to change me.

Before Midnight

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Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

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I don't throw darts at a board. I bet on sure things. Read Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Every battle is won before it is ever fought.

Gordon Gekko

Wall Street

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Wall Street. Directed by Oliver Stone, American Entertainment Partners/American Films, 1987.

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You don't know about real loss 'cause that only occurs when you love something more than you love yourself. I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much.

Good Will Hunting

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Good Will Hunting. Directed by Gus Van Sant, Be Gentlemen, 1997.

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I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them. I believe that is an absolute necessity.

Whiplash

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Whiplash. Directed by Damien Chazelle, Blumhouse Productions/Right of Way Films/Bold Films, 2014.

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I never forgot. Not for one moment. I knew I'd find you in the end. It's our destiny.

Slumdog Millionaire

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Slumdog Millionaire. Directed by Danny Boyle, Celador Films/Film4 Productions, 2008.

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In a few hundred years, science has taken us farther in understanding the universe, than religion has in 10,000.

Life of Pi

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Life of Pi. Directed by Ang Lee, Haishang Films/Dune Entertainment/Gil Netter, 2012.

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Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it.

American History X

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American History X. Directed by Tony Kaye, New Line Cinemas/The Turman-Morrissey Company, 1998.

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I guess when you're young, you just believe there'll be many people with whom you'll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times.

Before Sunset

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Before Sunset. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/ Detour Filmproduction/Columbia Pictures, 2004.

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When making a business decision, the only color that matters, Jesus, is green.

He Got Game

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He Got Game. Directed by Spike Lee, Touchstone Pictures/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1998.

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Sometimes people need a little help. Sometimes people need to be forgiven. And sometimes they need to go to jail.

Magnolia

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Magnolia. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Ghoulardi Film Company/JoAnne Sellar Productions, 1999.

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You're on a roll, kid. Enjoy it while it lasts, 'cause it never does.

Wall Street

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Wall Street. Directed by Oliver Stone, American Entertainment Partners/American Films, 1987.

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The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the Senate, it's the sand of the Coliseum. He'll bring them death—and they will love him for it.

Gladiator

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Gladiator. Directed by Ridley Scott. DreamWorks Pictures/ Scott Free Productions/Universal Pictures/Red Wagon Entertainment, 2000.

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You think God belongs only to you? He doesn't. God is an immortal spirit who belongs to everybody, to the whole world. You think you're special? God is not an Israelite!

The Last Temptation of Christ

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The Last Temptation of Christ. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Universal Pictures/Cineplex Odeon Films/Testament Productions, 1988.

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