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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Camus, Albert. L'Homme Revolte [The Rebel]. Gallimard, 1951.

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Boys, you must strive to find your own voice, because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all.

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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The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be oneself.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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De Montaigne, Michel. "De La Solitude [Of Solitude]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

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De Montaigne, Michel. "Of Solitude." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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Honey, all you have to be by the time you're 23 is yourself.

Reality Bites

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Reality Bites. Directed by Ben Stiller, Jersey Films, 1994.

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At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you.

Moonlight

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Moonlight. Directed by Barry Jenkins, A24/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Productions, 2016.

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What ought a man to be? Well, my short answer is "himself."

Henrik Ibsen

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Ibsen, Henrik. Peer Gynt. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1867, act 4, sc. 1.

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Ibsen, Henrik. "Peer Gynt." Peer Gynt and Brand, translated by Geoffrey Hill. Penguin Classics, 2017, act 4, sc. 1.

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To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home.

Joan Didion

Vogue

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Didion, Joan. "Self-respect: Its Source, Its Power." Vogue, 1 Aug. 1961.

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Didion, Joan. "On Self-Respect." Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968.

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But remember, bee yourself.

Aladdin

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Aladdin. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Feature Animation, 1992.

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It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

Betty Friedan

The Feminine Mystique

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Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. W. W. Norton & Company, 1963, ch. 14.

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I never wanted to be anybody else.

Easy Rider

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Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

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Look, the point is, stop trying so hard to be something you're not.

How to Train Your Dragon

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How to Train Your Dragon. Directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois. DreamWorks Animation, 2010.

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I've been nothin' but myself since the day I was born, and if you can't see that it's your failin', not mine.

Big Fish

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Big Fish. Directed by Tim Burton, Columbia Pictures/Jinks/Cohen Company/The Zanuck Company, 2003.

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You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right. I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you, but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me. I'm not changing. I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Directed by John Hughes, Hughes Entertainment, 1987.

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Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made.

Henry David Thoreau

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

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