1982

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Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Topic

Need for love Feeling loved

Speaker

Shug

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

E.T. Phone home.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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Topic

Home

Speaker

E.T.

Actor

Pat Welsh

Source

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1982.

You may keep one of your children. The other one must go.

Sophie's Choice

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Topic

Mothers and children Parents and children Decisions and choices

Speaker

SS Doctor

Actor

Karlheinz Hackl

Source

Sophie's Choice

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological drama (film) Drama (film) Psychological drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sophie's Choice. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, Keith Barish Productions/ITC Entertainment, 1982.

If you remember the 60's, you really weren't there.

Charles Fleischer

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Topic

The 60s

Author

Charles Fleischer

Source

Los Angeles Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fleischer, Charles. "If You Remember the 60's, You Really Weren't There." LA Times, 13 June 1982.

Oh yeah, life goes on long after the thrill of livin' is gone.

John Mellencamp

Jack and Diane

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Topic

The best is over Resignation Nature of life

Speaker

John Mellencamp

Source

Jack and Diane American Fool

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mellencamp, John. "Jack and Diane." Performed by John Cougar. American Fool. Riva Records, 1982.

Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
I'm tryin' not to lose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from going under.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

The Message

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Topic

Inner city issues

Speaker

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Source

The Message

Medium

Song

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The Message. Sugar Hill Records, 1982.

On the old highway maps of America, the main routes were red and the back roads blue. Now even the colors are changing. But in those brevities just before dawn and a little after dark-times neither day nor night-the old roads return to the sky some of its color. Then, in truth, they cast a mysterious shadow of blue, and it's that time when the pull of the blue highway is strongest, when the open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.

William Least Heat-Moon

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Topic

The open road Adventure

Author

William Least Heat-Moon

Source

Blue Highways

Genre

Travel writing Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Heat-Moon, William Least. Blue Highways. Fawcett Crest, 1982, preface.

Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.

Robert De Niro

The King of Comedy

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Topic

Glory

Speaker

Rupert Pupkin

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

The King of Comedy

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Drama (film) Comedy drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The King of Comedy. Directed by Martin Scorses, Embassy International Pictures, 1982.

Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Topic

Nature of time Time

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

The empire writes back with a vengeance.

Salman Rushdie

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Topic

Post-colonial literature

Author

Salman Rushdie

Source

The Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Rushdie, Salman. "The Empire Writes Back with a Vengeance." Times, 3 July 1982.

Now, we are becoming the men we wanted to marry.

Gloria Steinem

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Topic

Women's empowerment Feminism Gender relations Men and women Women

Author

Gloria Steinem

Source

Ms. Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Steinem, Gloria. "Words and Change." Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1983. Originally published in Ms. Magazine, Jul./Aug. 1982.

You know what I am? I'm your worst fuckin' nightmare, man. I'm a nigger with a badge which means I got permission to kick your fuckin' ass whenever I feel like it!

48 Hrs

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Topic

Police

Speaker

Reggie Hammond

Actor

Eddie Murphy

Source

48 Hrs

Medium

Film

Genre

Buddy movie Action comedy (film) Action comedy

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

48 Hrs. Directed by Walter Hill, Lawrence Gordon Productions, 1982.

We're the party that wants to see an America in which people can still get rich.

Ronald Reagan

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Topic

Republicans American politics

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Reagan, Ronald. Remark at Republican congressional dinner. Salute to President Ronald Reagan Dinner. 4 May 1982, Washington, DC, USA.

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it… People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Topic

Beauty of nature Nature

Speaker

Shug

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

Have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Topic

God and man The Church

Speaker

Shug

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

Dorothea Lange

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Topic

Photography Medium is the message

Author

Dorothea Lange

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Lange, Dorothea and Robert Coles. Photographs of a Lifetime. Aperture, 1982.

What I am describing now is a plan and a hope for the long term—the march of freedom and democracy which will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash-heap of history as it has left other tyrannies which stifle the freedom and muzzle the self-expression of the people.

Ronald Reagan

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Topic

Spread of freedom and democracy

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Reagan, Ronald. Address to British Parliament. Parliament meeting. 8 June 1982, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

Mister, if you don’t shut up, I’m gonna kick 100 percent of your ass!

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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Topic

Shutting up

Speaker

Brad Hamilton

Actor

Judge Reinhold

Source

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Comedy (drama) Coming of age Comedy drama

Statement Type

Threat

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Directed by Amy Heckerling,Refugee Films, 1982.

The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly, Roy.

Blade Runner

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Dying young

Speaker

Dr. Eldon Tyrell

Actor

Joe Turkel

Source

Blade Runner

Medium

Film

Genre

Dystopian (film) Science fiction (film) Dystopian Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott, The Ladd Company/Blade Runner Partnership/Shaw Brothers Studio, 1982.

The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless.

Alan Watts

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Topic

Nature of life Life Permanence Impermanence

Author

Alan Watts

Source

Play to Live

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Watts, Alan. Play to Live: Selected Seminars. And Books, 1982.