1991

Explore 72 quotes from the year 1991

She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.

Beauty and the Beast

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Topic

Appearance vs. reality Nature of beauty Beauty

Source

Beauty and the Beast

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Beauty and the Beast. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Feature Animation/Silver Screen Partners, 1991.

Well, how you think the crack rock gets into the country? We don't own any planes. We don't own no ships. We are not the people who are flyin' and floatin' that shit in here.

Furious Styles

Boyz n the Hood

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Topic

Crack epidemic Inner city issues

Speaker

Furious Styles

Actor

Laurence Fishburne

Source

Boyz n the Hood

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Drama (film) Coming of age Drama

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Boyz n the Hood. Directed by John Singleton, Columbia Pictures, 1991.

It's not right for a woman to read. Soon she starts getting ideas and thinking.

Beauty and the Beast

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Topic

Education of women Oppression of women

Speaker

Gaston

Actor

Richard White

Source

Beauty and the Beast

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Beauty and the Beast. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Feature Animation/Silver Screen Partners, 1991.

I'll tell you why. For the same reason that there is a liquor store on almost every corner in the black community. Why? They want us to kill ourselves.

Furious Styles

Boyz n the Hood

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Topic

Inner city issues

Speaker

Furious Styles

Actor

Laurence Fishburne

Source

Boyz n the Hood

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Drama (film) Coming of age Drama

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Boyz n the Hood. Directed by John Singleton, Columbia Pictures, 1991.

Peter, I can't come with you. I've forgotten how to fly. I'm old, Peter. Ever so much more than twenty. I grew up a long time ago.

Hook

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Topic

Growing up Loss of innocence

Speaker

Granny Wendy

Actor

Maggie Smith

Source

Hook

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Adventure

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hook. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1991.

What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning all the comforts of home, and then expend vast quantities of time and money in a largely futile attempt to recapture the comforts that you wouldn't have lost if you hadn't left home in the first place.

Bill Bryson

Neither Here Nor There

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Topic

Tourism Travel

Author

Bill Bryson

Source

Neither Here Nor There

Genre

Travel writing

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bryson, Bill. Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe. Secker & Warbug, 1991.

What is at stake is more than one small country; it is a big idea: a new world order, where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind-peace and security, freedom and the rule of law.

George H.W. Bush

1991 State of the Union Address

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Topic

Persian Gulf War American politics New world order International politics

Speaker

George H.W. Bush

Source

1991 State of the Union Address Presidential State of the Union addresses

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bush, George H. W. State of the Union Address. Joint session of the United States Congress. 29 Jan. 1991, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

No, I like baseball. I just never understood how you guys can spend so much time discussing it. I mean, I've been to games, but I don't memorize who played third base for Pittsburgh in 1960.

City Slickers

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Topic

Baseball

Speaker

Bonnie Rayburn

Actor

Helen Slater

Source

City Slickers

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Western (film) Comedy Western

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

City Slickers. Directed by Ron Underwood, Castle Rock Entertainment/Face Productions/Nelson Entertainment, 1991.

It never ceases to puzzle me, that, while men's and women's bodies fit jigsaw-tight in an altogether miraculous way their minds remain wretchedly unaligned.

Beryl Bainbridge

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Topic

Men and women

Author

Beryl Bainbridge

Source

The Birthday Boys

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bainbridge, Beryl. The Birthday Boys. Gerald Duckworth and Company, 1991.

What could possess anyone to throw a party? I mean, to have a bunch of strangers treat your house like a hotel room.

Jerry Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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Topic

Parties

Speaker

Jerry Seinfeld

Actor

Jerry Seinfeld

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Stranded." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Matt Goldman, directed by Tom Cherones, season 3, episode 10, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1991.

I think all business practices would improve immeasurably if they were guided by "feminine" principles-qualities like love and care and intuition.

Anita Roddick

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Topic

Women in business Business management

Author

Anita Roddick

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Roddick, Anita. Body and Soul: Profits with Principles, the Amazing Success Story of Anita Roddick & the Body Shop. Crown, 1991, ch. 1.

To be heir to the throne is not a position; it is a predicament.

Alan Bennett

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Topic

The Royal Family Monarchy

Speaker

Prince of Wales

Author

Alan Bennett

Source

The Madness of George III

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bennett, Alan. The Madness of George III. 28 Nov. 1991, Lyttelton Theatre of the National Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 2.