1999

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I'm gonna need you to go ahead and come in tomorrow.

Office Space

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Shitty jobs Work

Speaker

Bill Lumbergh

Actor

Gary Cole

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.

You see, I believe in the voters. They understand that elections aren't just popularity contests. They know this country was built by people just like me who work very hard and don't have everything handed to them on a silver spoon.

Election

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Elections Democracy

Speaker

Tracy Flick

Actor

Reese Witherspoon

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.

Never underestimate the power of denial.

American Beauty

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Denial Delusion

Speaker

Ricky Fitts

Actor

Wes Bentley

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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Citation

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

And what most people don't see is just how hard it is to do the right thing.

Magnolia

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Doing the right thing

Speaker

Officer Jim Kurring

Actor

John C. Reilly

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.

Being alone and liking it is, for a woman, an act of treachery, and infidelity far more threatening than adultery.

Molly Haskell

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Topic

Single women Single life Patriarchy

Author

Molly Haskell

Source

Love and Other Infectious Diseases

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Haskell, Molly. Love and Other Infectious Diseases: A Memoir. William Morrow, 1990.

No, not again. I...why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam? I swear to God, one of these days, I just kick this piece of shit out the window!

Office Space

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Topic

Downsides of technology Technology

Speaker

Samir

Actor

Ajay Naidu

Source

Office Space

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

I guess sometimes the past just catches up with you, whether you want it to or not.

The Green Mile

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Past and present Effects of the past The past

Speaker

Old Paul Edgecomb

Actor

Dabbs Greer

Source

The Green Mile

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Green Mile. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment/Darkwoods Productions, 1999.

You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson. You believe that you are special, that somehow the rules do not apply to you. Obviously, you are mistaken.

The Matrix

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Topic

Resisting authority Authority The man

Speaker

Rhineheart

Actor

David Aston

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.

We find it’s always better to fire people on a Friday. Studies have statistically shown that there’s less chance of an incident if you do it at the end of the week.

Office Space

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Topic

Getting fired Corporate America Days of the week

Speaker

Bob Slydell

Actor

John C. McGinley

Source

Office Space

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

One of the great achievements of science has been, if not to make it impossible for intelligent people to be religious, then at least to make it possible for them not to be religious. We should not retreat from this accomplishment.

Steven Weinberg

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Topic

Science and religion

Speaker

Steven Weinberg

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Weinberg, Steven. "A Designer Universe." Conference on Cosmic Design. 1999, Washington, DC, USA. Speech.

Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways.

J.K. Rowling

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Author

J.K. Rowling

Source

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Opening lines

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Bloomsbury/Scholastic, 1999, ch. 1.

We're consumers. We're by-products of a lifestyle obsession.

Tyler Durden

Fight Club

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Topic

Consumerism

Speaker

Tyler Durden

Actor

Brad Pitt

Source

Fight Club

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

You got to get your kid on or your groove on. You can’t get both on at the same time.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Topic

Raising kids

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bigger & Blacker

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

You will never be free until we are free.

Desmond Tutu

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all people Liberation Freedom

Speaker

Desmond Tutu

Source

Bill Moyers' Journal

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tutu, Desmond. "Bill Moyers Talks with Archbishop Desmond Tutu." Bill Moyers Journal. PBS, 27 Apr. 1999.

Mankind has probably done more damage to the earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

Jacques Cousteau

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Topic

Environmental destruction

Speaker

Jacques Cousteau

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

French

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cousteau, Jacques. "Consumer Society Is the Enemy." Interviewed by Nathan Gardels. New Perspectives Quarterly, 1999.

We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.

Chuck Palahniuk

Invisible Monsters

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Topic

Human destructiveness Legacy

Author

Chuck Palahniuk

Source

Invisible Monsters

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Palahniuk, Chuck. Invisible Monsters. W. W. Norton & Company, 1999.