1999

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So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, um, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that’s on the worst day of my life.

Office Space

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Alienating work Work

Speaker

Peter Gibbons

Actor

Ron Livingston

Source

Office Space

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Office Space. Directed by Mike Judge, Judgemental Films, 1999.

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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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.

I know what you’re thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here: Why, oh why, didn't I take the blue pill?

The Matrix

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Ignorance is bliss

Speaker

Cypher

Actor

Joe Pantoliano

Source

The Matrix

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Matrix. Directed by The Wachowskis. Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures, 1999.

Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms, and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements!

Office Space

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Purpose of life Shitty jobs Alienating work Work

Speaker

Peter Gibbons

Actor

Ron Livingston

Source

Office Space

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Office Space. Directed by Mike Judge, Judgemental Films, 1999.

Call me crazy, but it is my philosophy that in order to be successful, one must project an image of success, at all times.

American Beauty

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Image Success

Speaker

Buddy Kane

Actor

Peter Gallagher

Source

American Beauty

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Black comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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American Beauty. Directed by Sam Mendes, Jinks/Cohen Company, 1999.

I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large, out of focus monster, roaming the countryside.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Bigfoot Mythical creatures

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

Don't ever let anyone ever say to you, 'You shouldn't regret anything.' Don't do that, don't! You regret what you fucking want! And use that, use that, use that regret for anything, anyway you want. You can use it, okay?

Magnolia

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Regrets

Speaker

Earl Partridge

Actor

Jason Robards

Source

Magnolia

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Magnolia. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Ghoulardi Film Company/JoAnne Sellar Productions, 1999.

I can't use liquor as a crutch, because a crutch helps me walk. Liquor severely screws up the way I walk. It ain't like a crutch, it's like a step I didn't see.

Mitch Hedberg

Comedy Central Presents

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Alcohol

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Comedy Central Presents

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Comedy Central Presents. Comedy Central, 5 Jan. 1999.

When urgent considerations of the public safety require compromise with the normal principles constraining law enforcement, the normal principles may have to bend. The Constitution is not a suicide pact.

Richard Posner

Edmond v. Goldsmith

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Rule of law Constitutional law

Author

Richard Posner

Source

Edmond v. Goldsmith

Medium

Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. Edmond v. Goldsmith. 98-4124. 7 July 1999. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1176380.html.

With or without it, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

Steven Weinberg

On religion.

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Criticism of religion

Speaker

Steven Weinberg

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Weinberg, Steven. Address in Washington, DC. Conference on Cosmic Design. Apr. 1999, Washington, DC, USA.

It’s good to be in something from the ground floor. I came too late for that and I know. But lately, I’m getting the feeling that I came in at the end. The best is over.

Tony Soprano

The Sopranos

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The mafia The best is over Timing

Speaker

Tony Soprano

Actor

James Gandolfini

Source

The Sopranos

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Pilot." The Sopranos, written by David Chase, directed by David Chase, season 1, episode 1, Chase Films and Home Box Office, 1999.

Neo, sooner or later you're going to realize just as I did, that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.

Morpheus

The Matrix

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Words vs. actions

Speaker

Morpheus

Actor

Laurence Fishburne

Source

The Matrix

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Matrix. Directed by The Wachowskis. Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures, 1999.

Clinton damn near got impeached, for what? For what? Lied about a blowjob so his wife wouldn’t find out. ls that against the law? Do you need the Supreme Court for that one? You could have took that one to The People’s Court! Could have took that one to Judge Judy. She’d have knocked it out in a half hour, plus commercials.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Impeachment

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bigger & Blacker

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

In my lifetime, all the problems have come mainland Europe, and all the solutions have come from the English-speaking nations across the world.

Margaret Thatcher

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Anglosphere

Speaker

Margaret Thatcher

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Thatcher, Margaret. Speech to Scottish Tories. Conservative Party conference. 5 Oct. 1999, Blackpool, England, UK.

My friend said to me, "I think the weather's trippy." I said, "no man, it's not the weather that's trippy, perhaps it is the way that we perceive it that is indeed trippy." Then I thought "man, I shoulda just said 'yeah'."

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Mitch Hedberg

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Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

Whenever I walk people try to hand me out flyers. And when someone tries to hand me out a flyer it's kinda like they're saying, "Here, you throw this away."

Mitch Hedberg

Comedy Central Presents

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Mitch Hedberg

Source

Comedy Central Presents

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Comedy Central Presents. Comedy Central, 5 Jan. 1999.

If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be fucked up.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Drugs Proclivities

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.

Neo

The Matrix

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Control of one's life Control

Speaker

Neo

Actor

Keanu Reeves

Source

The Matrix

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Matrix. Directed by The Wachowskis. Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures, 1999.

No dream is ever just a dream.

Eyes Wide Shut

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Nature of dreams Dreams

Speaker

Dr. Wiliam Harford

Actor

Tom Cruise

Source

Eyes Wide Shut

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological (film) Drama (film) Psychological Drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Eyes Wide Shut. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick Productions/Pole Star Hobby Films, 1999.

Are you in the mafia?

Meadow Soprano

The Sopranos

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The mafia

Speaker

Meadow Soprano

Actor

Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Source

The Sopranos

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"College." The Sopranos, written by James Manos Jr. and David Chase, directed by Allen Coulter, season 1, episode 5, Chase Films and Home Box Office, 1999.