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I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And... I was... Really-I was alive.

Walter White

Breaking Bad

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"Felina." Breaking Bad, written by Vince Gilligan, directed by Vince Gilligan, season 5, episode 16, High Bridge Productions and Gran Via Productions, 2013.

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You're born a sinner. By being born you are a sinner and you're going to hell. But you can just apologize and then you can go to heaven. No big deal. If you're a murderer—same thing, it's just apologize and go to heaven.

Sarah Silverman

We are Miracles

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Silverman, Sarah. Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles. HBO, 23 Nov. 2013.

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Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.

Bridget Anne Kelly

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Email instigating closure of bridge entrances as retribution against a political opponent of New Jersey governer Chris Christie.

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Kelly, Bridget Anne. E-mail to David Wildstein. 13 Aug. 2013.

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Kelly, Bridget Anne. Quoted in Dangerous Leaders: How and Why Lawyers Must Be Taught to Lead, written by Anthony C. Thompson. Stanford University Press, 2018, ch. 2.

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There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that kind of the point?

Pam Beesly

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The Office

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"Finale." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, directed by Ken Kwapis, season 9, episode 23, Deedle-Dee Productions and Shine America and Universal Television, 2013.

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It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive.

Maya Angelou

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Angelou, Maya. "Oprah Talks to Maya Angelou." O, The Oprah Magazine, May 2013.

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My back is thick with scars for protesting my freedom.

12 Years a Slave

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12 Years a Slave. Directed by Steve McQueen, Plan B Entertainment/Regency Enterprises/ Film4 Productions/River Road Entertainment/Regency Enterprises, 2013.

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If that's true, if you don't know who I am, then maybe your best course would be to tread lightly.

Walter White

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"Blood Money." Breaking Bad, written by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, directed by Bryan Cranston, season 5, episode 9, High Bridge Productions and Gran Via Productions, 2013.

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Everything you touch turns to shit, like King Midas's idiot brother.

Inside Llewyn Davis

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Inside Llewyn Davis. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, StudioCanal/Anton Capital Entertainment/Scott Rudin Productions/Mike Zoss Productions, 2013.

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Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder.

Game of Thrones

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"The Climb." Game of Thrones, written by George R.R. Martin and David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, directed by Alik Sakharov, season 3, episode 6, Television 360 and Startling, 2013.

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Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.

Khaled Hosseini

And the Mountains Echoed

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Hosseini, Khaled. And The Mountains Echoed. Riverhead Books, 2013.

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The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob. They gave to us a republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed. And for more than two hundred years, we have.

Barack Obama

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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But if you want true love, then this is it. This is real life. It's not perfect but it's real.

Before Midnight

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Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

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No matter how honestly you open up to someone, there are still some things you can’t reveal.

Haruki Murakami

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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Murakami, Haruki. 色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年 [Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage]. Bungeishunju, 2013.

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It’s just like our life, we appear and we disappear. We are so important to some, but we are just…passing through.

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Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

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If I could change one thing about you, it would be for you to stop trying to change me.

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Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

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Err in the direction of kindness.

George Saunders

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Saunders, George. Convocation speech for the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University. 11 May 2013, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.

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For anyone trying to discern what to do with their life: pay attention to what you pay attention to.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

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Rosenthal, Amy Krouse [@missamykr]. "for anyone trying to discern what to do w/ their life: PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO. that's pretty much all the info u need." Twitter, 15 Mar. 2013, 7:02 a.m., twitter.com/missamykr/status/312564535242395648

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I don't want to survive. I want to live.

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12 Years a Slave. Directed by Steve McQueen, Plan B Entertainment/Regency Enterprises/ Film4 Productions/River Road Entertainment/Regency Enterprises, 2013.

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Any dog under 50 pounds is a cat, and cats are pointless.

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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"Emergency Response." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Norm Hiscock, directed by Dean Holland, season 5, episode 13, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2013.

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