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I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters.

Donald Trump

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Trump, Donald. Speech at campaign rally. 23 Jan. 2016, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA, USA.

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You could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the "basket of deplorables."

Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Clinton, Hillary. Remarks at a fundraiser. Campaign fundraising event. 9 Sept. 2016, New York, NY, USA.

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I alone can fix it.

Donald Trump

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Trump, Donald. Speech at Republican National Covention. Republican National Convention. 21 July 2016, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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Business is war. It's dog eat dog, rat eat rat. If my competitor were drowning, I'd walk over and I'd put a hose right in his mouth.

Ray Kroc

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Founder. Directed by John Lee Hancock, FilmNation Entertainment/The Combine/Faliro House Productions S. A., 2016.

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If you just run through somebody face, a lot of people ain't going to be able to take that over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. They're just not gonna want that.

Marshawn Lynch

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Lynch, Marshawn. Interviewed by Jon Wertheim. 60 Minutes Sports. CBS, 7 June 2016.

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At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you gonna be. Can't let nobody make that decision for you.

Moonlight

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Moonlight. Directed by Barry Jenkins, A24/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Productions, 2016.

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Either everyone feels like this a little bit and they’re just not talking about it or I am completely fucking alone.

Fleabag

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"Episode #1.6." Fleabag, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, directed by Harry Bradbeer, season 1, episode 6, Two Brothers Pictures, 2016.

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Darkness is good. Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That's power.

Steve Bannon

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Bannon, Steve. "Ringside With Steve Bannon at Trump Tower as the President-Elect’s Strategist Plots 'An Entirely New Political Movement'." Interviewed by Michael Wolff. Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2016.

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Let your head rest in my hand. Relax. I got you. I promise. I'm not going to let you go. Hey man, I got you. There you go.

Moonlight

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Moonlight. Directed by Barry Jenkins, A24/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Productions, 2016.

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I wanna do a lotta things that don’t make sense.

Moonlight

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Moonlight. Directed by Barry Jenkins, A24/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Productions, 2016.

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I just keep losing. I mean some people just supposed to lose? For balance in the universe? I mean, like, are there just some people on Earth who supposed to be here just to make it easier for the winners? Like, really.

Atlanta

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"The Big Bang." Atlanta, written by Donald Glover, directed by Hiro Murai, season 1, episode 1, FX Productions and MGMT Entertainment, 2016.

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Shit, I cry so much sometimes I feel I’m a just turn into droplets.

Moonlight

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Moonlight. Directed by Barry Jenkins, A24/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Productions, 2016.

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The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives freshwater, but it has no outlet, so it doesn't pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that's why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In the end, generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.

Desmond Tutu

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Tutu, Desmond and Tenzin Gyatso and Dalai Lama XIV. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World. Cornerstone Publishers, 2016.

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Writing saved my life.

Slavoj Zizek

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Žižek, Slavoj. "This Much I Know." Guardian, 10 Dec. 2016, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/10/slavoj-zizek-we-are-all-basically-evil-egotistical-disgusting.

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Don't get rid of negative emotion, but just use it... Like the salt in your food.

Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono [@yokoono]. "Don't get rid of negative emotion, but just use it...like the salt in your food." Twitter, 27 Mar. 2016, 3:12 p.m., twitter.com/yokoono/status/714168108844523520.

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Morning reading-like morning newspapers, morning sex, morning lie-ins, and morning running-is the luxury of childless people.

Zadie Smith

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Smith, Zadie. "Zadie Smith: By the Book." The New York Times, 20 Nov. 2016.

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We have to begin to have a conversation that incorporates a vision of love with a vision of outrage.

Ruby Sales

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Sales, Ruby. "Where Does It Hurt?" Interviewed by Krista Tippett. On Being. WNYC, 15 Sept 2016.

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