Tracy, you're a very intelligent girl. You have a lot of admirable qualities. But one day maybe you'll learn that being smart and doing whatever you need to do to get ahead, and yet stepping on other people to get there... Well, there's a whole lot more to life than that, and in the end, you're only cheating yourself.

Election

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Topic

Ruthlessness

Speaker

Jim McAllister

Actor

Matthew Broderick

Source

Election

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy Drama (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Election. Directed by Alexander Payne. MTV Productions and Bona Fide Productions, 1999.

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Jerry Seinfeld
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1994 1990s 20th century
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