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Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

John Lennon

Beautiful Boy

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Lennon, John. "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)." Double Fantasy. Geffen Records/Capitol Records, 1980.

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Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 3.

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Dylan, Bob. "Blowin' in the Wind." The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Columbia Records, 1963.

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The Maltese Falcon. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros., 1941.

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Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 5, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 1.

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Dr. No. Directed by Terence Young, Eon Productions, 1962.

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Douglass, Frederick. "The Future of the Negro People of the Slave States." Emancipation League meeting. 12 Feb. 1862, Tremont Temple, Boston, MA, USA.

War!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing.

Edwin Starr

War

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Strong, Barett and Norman Whitfield. "War." Performed by The Temptations. Psychedelic Shack. Gordy, 1970.

Eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty.

Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address

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Jackson, Andrew. Farewell address. 4 Mar. 1837, Washington, DC USA.

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Malcolm X. Speech at the founding rally of Organization of Afro-American Unity. Founding rally of Organization of Afro-American Unity. 28 June 1964, Audubon Ballroom, New York City, NY, USA.

If an institution is too big to fail, then it is too big to exist.

Bernie Sanders

On bailouts, in the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis.

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Sanders, Bernie. News release. 18 Sept. 2008.

The triumph of hope over experience.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

On a man who married again after the death of his first wife, with whom he had been unhappy.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, written by James Boswell. Vol. 1, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, "1770," aetat. 61.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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"Felina." Breaking Bad, written by Vince Gilligan, directed by Vince Gilligan, season 5, episode 16, High Bridge Productions and Gran Via Productions, 2013.

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Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. London: Richard Field, 1593, I. 799.

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Shakespeare, William. "Venus and Adonis." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.

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

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Morrison, Toni. Quoted in Essence. Apr. 1984.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Marquis de Lafayette. 2 Apr. 1790.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "The Marquis de Lafayette, April 2, 1790." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

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McVie, Christine. "Don't Stop." Performed by Fleetwood Mac. Rumours. Warner Records, 1977.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 132.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 132.

You can't understand it. You would have to be born there.

William Faulkner

Absalom, Absalom!

On the South.

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Faulkner, William. Absalom, Absalom! Chelsea House Publishers, 1987, p. 85.