1990

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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

Annie Dillard

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Topic

Spending time Days How we live Life

Author

Annie Dillard

Source

The Writing Life

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Dillard, Annie. The Writing Life. Harper & Row, 1989.

What little girls learn is not the desire for the other, but the desire to be desired.

Naomi Wolf

The Beauty Myth

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Topic

Patriarchy

Author

Naomi Wolf

Source

The Beauty Myth

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women. Chatto & Windus, 1990.

I'm funny how? I mean, funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? I'm here to fuckin' amuse you?... How the fuck am I funny? What the fuck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny.

Joe Pesci

Goodfellas

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Topic

Being funny

Speaker

Tommy DeVito

Actor

Joe Pesci

Source

Goodfellas

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros., 1990.

"Beauty" is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West it is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.

Naomi Wolf

The Beauty Myth

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Topic

Patriarchy Beauty

Author

Naomi Wolf

Source

The Beauty Myth

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women. Chatto & Windus, 1990.

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

Henry Hill

Goodfellas

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Topic

Vocation Life of crime

Speaker

Henry Hill

Actor

Ray Liotta

Source

Goodfellas

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros., 1990.

If civilization had been left in female hands, we would still be living in grass huts.

Camille Paglia

Sexual Personae

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Topic

Progress

Author

Camille Paglia

Source

Sexual Personae

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson. Yale University Press, 1990, ch. 1.

I asked him one time what type of writing brought the most money and the agent says, "Ransom notes."

Elmore Leonard

Get Shorty (novel)

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Topic

Writing

Speaker

Harry Zimm

Author

Elmore Leonard

Source

Get Shorty (novel)

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Leonard, Elmore. Get Shorty. Delacorte Press, 1990, ch. 9.

People put you down enough you start to believe it.

Pretty Woman

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Topic

Criticism from others

Speaker

Vivian Ward

Actor

Julia Roberts

Source

Pretty Woman

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Pretty Woman. Directed by Garry Marshall, Touchstone Pictures, 1990.

Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.

Goodfellas

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Topic

Omerta Loyalty

Speaker

James Conway

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

Goodfellas

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros., 1990.

I want the fairy tale.

Pretty Woman

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Topic

Hopeless romantic Love

Speaker

Vivian Ward

Actor

Julia Roberts

Source

Pretty Woman

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Pretty Woman. Directed by Garry Marshall, Touchstone Pictures, 1990.

I don't want a new family. I don't want any family. Families suck!

Home Alone

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Topic

Family dysfunction Family

Speaker

Kevin

Actor

Macaulay Culkin

Source

Home Alone

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas (film) Comedy (film) Christmas Comedy

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Home Alone. Directed by Chris Columbus, Hughes Entertainment , 1990.

There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.

Camille Paglia

Sexual Personae

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Topic

Differences between men and women Men and women

Author

Camille Paglia

Source

Sexual Personae

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson. Yale University Press, 1990, ch. 8.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Salman Rushdie

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Topic

Freedom of speech and expression Offensive speech

Author

Salman Rushdie

Source

Weekend Guardian

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Rushdie, Salman."In Good Faith." The Guardian, 10 Feb. 1990.

In the grand design, women were drawn from a different set of blueprints.

Dale Cooper

Twin Peaks

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Topic

Nature of women Women Men and women

Speaker

Dale Cooper

Actor

Kyle MacLachlan

Source

Twin Peaks

Medium

TV program

Genre

Mystery (TV) Drama (TV) Mystery Drama

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

"Rest In Pain." Twin Peaks, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch and Harley Peyton, directed by Tina Rathborne, season 1, episode 4, Propaganda Films and Spelling Entertainment and Lynch/Frost Productions, 1990.

Black as midnight on a moonless night.

Dale Cooper

Twin Peaks

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Topic

The dark

Speaker

Dale Cooper

Actor

Kyle MacLachlan

Source

Twin Peaks

Medium

TV program

Genre

Mystery (TV) Drama (TV) Mystery Drama

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

"Traces to Nowhere." Twin Peaks, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch, directed by Duwayne Dunham, season 1, episode 2, Propaganda Films and Spelling Entertainment and Lynch/Frost Productions, 1990.

Keep the change, ya filthy animal!

Home Alone

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Topic

Change (money)

Speaker

Johnny

Actor

Ralph Foody

Source

Home Alone

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas (film) Comedy (film) Christmas Comedy

Statement Type

Orders and commands Insult

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Home Alone. Directed by Chris Columbus, Hughes Entertainment , 1990.

This will not stand. This will not stand, this aggression against Kuwait.

George H.W. Bush

Press Conference, August 5, 1990

On Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

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Topic

Persian Gulf War American politics International politics

Speaker

George H.W. Bush

Source

Press Conference, August 5, 1990

Medium

Press conference

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Bush, George H. W. Remark during news conference about the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. 5 Aug. 1990, South Lawn of the White House, Washington, DC, USA.

A line has been drawn in the sand.

George H.W. Bush

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Topic

Persian Gulf War

Speaker

George H.W. Bush

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Bush, George H. W. Decision to send U.S. troops to defend Saudi Arabia against Iraqi troops. 8 Aug. 1990, Washington, DC, USA.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.

Dr. Seuss

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

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Topic

Feeling empowered Decisions and choices

Author

Dr. Seuss

Source

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Seuss, Dr. Oh, the Places You'll Go! Random House, 1990.

Gender is an identity tenuously constituted in time, instituted in an exterior space through a stylized repetition of acts.

Judith Butler

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Topic

Gender Identity

Author

Judith Butler

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Routledge, 1990, ch. 3, pt. 4.