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Boris Pasternak

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak [Борис Леонидович Пастернак] (10 February 1890 – 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet and writer famous for his 1957 novel Doctor Zhivago. His first book of poems, My Sister, Life (1917), is one of the most influential collections ever published in the Russian language. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958, an event which enraged the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which forced him to decline the prize, though his descendants were later to accept it in his name in 1988.

Quotes

Не предавайся сну. Ты – вечности заложник У времени в плену. Don't give in to sleep. '''You are eternity's hostage A captive of time.'''
 * Не спи, не спи, художник,
 * Don't sleep, don't sleep, artist,
 * Poem "Night" (Ночь), from When the Weather Clears (Kogda razgulyaetsya, 1957) — as quoted in One Less Hope: Essays on Twentieth-century Russian Poets (2006) by Constantin V. Ponomareff, p. 130

 * They don’t ask much of you. They only want you to hate the things you love and to love the things you despise.
 * On Soviet bureaucrats, in LIFE magazine (13 June 1960)

 * Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.
 * LIFE magazine (13 June 1960)

 * It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired values which are best expressed in prose.
 * Interview in Writers at Work, Second Series (1963) edited by George Plimpton.

 * Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with our first starts and our best efforts. Do you remember? Therein lies its delight. It brings back the forgotten; one’s stores of energy, seemingly exhausted, come back to life.
 * As quoted in The New York Times (1 January 1978)

 * What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.
 * As quoted in Bridges to Infinity : The Human Side of Mathematics (1983) by Michael Guillen

Doctor Zhivago (1957)

 * Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Solovyov or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth.
 * Ch. 1, part 5

 * That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it.
 * Ch. 1, part 5, said by Ivan Ivanovich

 * I think that if the beast who sleeps in man could be held down by threats — any kind of threat, whether of jail or of retribution after death — then the highest emblem of humanity would be the lion tamer in the circus with his whip, not the prophet who sacrificed himself. But don’t you see, this is just the point — what has for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but an inward music: the irresistible power of unarmed truth, the powerful attraction of its example. It has always been assumed that the most important things in the Gospels are the ethical maxims and commandments. But for me the most important thing is that Christ speaks in parables taken from life, that He explains the truth in terms of everyday reality. The idea that underlies this is that communion between mortals is immortal, and that the whole of life is symbolic because it is meaningful.
 * Book One, Ch. 2 : A Girl from a Different World, § 10, as translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari (1958)
 * Variant translations:
 * I think that if the beast dormant in man could be stopped by the threat of, whatever, the lockup or requital beyond the grave, the highest emblem of mankind would be a lion tamer with his whip, and not the preacher who sacrifices himself. But the point is precisely this, that for centuries man has been raised above the animals and borne aloft not by the rod, but by music: the irresistibility of the unarmed truth, the attraction of its example. It has been considered up to now that the most important thing in the Gospels is the moral pronouncements and rules, but for me the main thing is that Christ speaks in parables from daily life, clarifying the truth with the light of everyday things. At the basis of this lies the thought that communion among mortals is immortal and that life is symbolic because it is meaningful.
 * Book One, Part 2 : A Girl from a Different World, § 10, as translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (2010)
 * I think that if the beast who sleeps in man could be held down by threats of any kind, whether of jail or retribution, then the highest emblem of humanity would be the lion tamer, not the prophet who sacrificed himself.... What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.
 * Paraphrase of the 1958 translation, as quoted in The New York Times (1 January 1978)

 * A candle burned on the table, a candle burned ... he whispered to himself — the beginning of something confused, formless; he hoped that it would take shape of itself. But nothing more came to him.
 * Ch. 3 section 10

across all boundaries. The candle burned on the table, the candle burned.
 * Snow, snow over the whole land
 * As translated by Richard McKane (1985)

 * И вот оказалось, что только жизнь, похожая на жизнь окружающих и среди нее бесследно тонущая, есть жизнь настоящая, что счастье обособленное не есть счастье...
 * And so it turned out that only a life similar to the life of those around us, merging with it without a ripple, is genuine life, and that an unshared happiness is not happiness...
 * As quoted in The Reporter, Volume 19, 1958

 * The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike, and rejoice at what brings you nothing but misfortune. Our nervous system isn't just a fiction, it's part of our physical body, and our souls exists in space and is inside us, like the teeth in the mouth. It can't forever be violated with impunity.
 * As quoted in "Boris Pasternak" in I.F. Stone's Weekly (3 November 1958), § "Words Which Apply to Us As Well As Russia"; later in The Best of I.F. Stone (2006), p. 43

 * The main misfortune, the root of all evil to come, was loss of the confidence in the value of one's own opinion. People imagined that it was out of date of follow their own moral sense, that they must all sing in chorus, and live by other people's notions, notions that were crammed down everybody's throat.
 * As quoted in "Boris Pasternak" in I.F. Stone's Weekly (3 November 1958), § "Words Which Apply to Us As Well As Russia"; later in The Best of I.F. Stone (2006), p. 43

 * Мое собственное сердце скрыло бы это от меня, потому что нелюбовь почти как убийство, и я никому не в силах была бы нанести этого удара.
 * My own heart would have concealed it from me, for failure to love is almost like murder and I would have been incapable of inflicting such a blow on anyone.

 * I love you madly, irrationally, infinitely.

 * "How wonderful to be alive," he thought. "But why does it always hurt?"

 * If it is so painful to love and to be charged with this electric current, how much more painful must it be to a woman and to be the current, and to inspire love.

Nobel Prize
From my friends, freedom, the Sun. But the hunters are gaining ground; I’ve nowhere else to run.
 * Like a beast in a pen, I’m cut off

Of what crime do I stand Condemned? I made the whole world weep At the beauty of my land.
 * Am I a gangster or a murderer?

I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time Be crushed by the spirit of light.'''
 * '''Even so, one step from my grave,

Quotes about Pasternak

 * I think the first discovery I made for myself which I didn't necessarily share with my family or my friends, but came upon myself, was Russian literature. I've always felt very much enthralled to writers like Dostoevsky, especially, and Chekhov. In later years, modern Russian poets like Pasternak and Mandelstam and Akhmatova have meant a great deal to me. Poetry more than prose.
 * Anita Desai In Interviews with Writers of the Post-Colonial World edited by Feroza Jussawalla and Reed Way Dasenbrock (1992)

 * To me encountering Cordwainer Smith's works was like a door opening. There is one story of his called "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard" that was as important to me as reading Pasternak for the first time and realizing that one could write a novel the way he wrote Dr. Zhivago. There are these moments in most writers' careers when you discover that someone else has actually written down some of these things that have been going on in your own head; you realize that this isn't just a private experience.
 * 1982 interview in Conversations with Ursula Le Guin

 * But I hope you know I go on about these things not simply to extol the virtues of my own country but to speak to the true greatness of the heart and soul of your land. Who, after all, needs to tell the land of Dostoyevsky about the quest for truth, the home of Kandinsky and Scriabin about imagination, the rich and noble culture of the Uzbek man of letters Alisher Navoi about beauty and heart? The great culture of your diverse land speaks with a glowing passion to all humanity. Let me cite one of the most eloquent contemporary passages on human freedom. It comes, not from the literature of America, but from this country, from one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, Boris Pasternak, in the novel "Dr. Zhivago." He writes: "I think that if the beast who sleeps in man could be held down by threats -- any kind of threat, whether of jail or of retribution after death -- then the highest emblem of humanity would be the lion tamer in the circus with his whip, not the prophet who sacrificed himself. But this is just the point -- what has for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel, but an inward music -- the irresistible power of unarmed truth." The irresistible power of unarmed truth. Today the world looks expectantly to signs of change, steps toward greater freedom in the Soviet Union. We watch and we hope as we see positive changes taking place.
 * Ronald Reagan, Moscow State University address, delivered 31 May 1988

 * The glass in the official picture was also being shattered by literary writers. Two Soviet accounts in particular captivated Western opinion. The poet Boris Pasternak wrote a novel, Doctor Zhivago, which was banned in Moscow but appeared abroad in translations from 1957. Its panoramic viewpoint on the civil war cast a shadow over the motives and practices of the early communists. This plunged Pasternak into political hot water and he had to refuse the Nobel Prize in 1958. His role as a leading critic of the Soviet regime was picked up by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, whose later works were published in the West from the end of the 1960s. His documentary account of the labour-camp system, The Gulag Archipelago, was a bestseller in 1974. It pulled no punches. Solzhenitsyn had talked to survivors of the camps and assembled such documentation as was available despite the censorship. The gruesome techniques of arrest, interrogation, ‘confession’ and forced labour were traced from the October Revolution. When he was deported from the USSR in 1974, Solzhenitsyn continued his campaign against the iniquities of communist repression. Every year, too, novels and poems by other writers were smuggled out of eastern Europe and China with searing messages about the behaviour of communist regimes.
 * All of us who are more or less heretical in our society are forced to live on its margin, grateful that we are able to speak (at the cost of abnormal exertions) to a small audience.
 * Robert Service, Comrades: A History of World Communism (2009)
 * Pasternak has universal meaning, for he embodies the fight the artist and the seeker after truth must wage everywhere against official dogma and conformist pressures.
 * I. F. Stone, in "Boris Pasternak" in I.F. Stone's Weekly (3 November 1958), § "Words Which Apply to Us As Well As Russia"; later in The Best of I.F. Stone (2006), p. 43

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The King and I (1999 film)

The King and I is a 1999 American animated musical film loosely adapted from the true story of Anna Leonowens, with some inspiration from the stage musical.
 * Directed by Richard Rich. Written by Peter Bakalian, Jacqueline Feather, and David Seidler.

The Extraordinary Adventure, The Magical Romance, The Musical Masterpiece taglines

The King of Siam

 * Someday, you too will know everything.
 * [praying to Buddha] Buddha, please help Anna keep awake for scientific preparation of banquet, even though she is a woman and a Christian and therefore unworthy of your interest.
 * [when Louis is hiding behind his mother in fright] Never hide behind woman's skirt, it's not brave. Also, impossible to know when she sit down!

Dialogue

 * [Long ago, before the age of giant ocean liners, a small sailing ship crosses the ocean. The heavens are filled with dark storm clouds. Waves toss the tiny ship up and down. Twelve-year-old Louis Leonowens holds onto the rail while his eyes search desperately. Where is Moonshee, the captain's pet monkey? Suddenly, he gives a cry of horror. Moonshee is clinging to the bowsprit at the front of the boat. He has climbed out there and is trapped by the big waves]
 * Louis Leonowens: Moonshee! [He doesn't stop to think. He grabs a rope and ties it around his waist. Then, inch by inch, he climbs out to catch the frightened monkey. Suddenly, a big wave sweeps them both apart]
 * [Louis's mother, Anna, is sitting in her cabin until she sees something fly past her porthole]
 * Anna Leonowens: Louis!
 * [She runs out of her cabin in time to see the sailors pulling the boy safely back onboard. Louis is holding the wet, frightened monkey]
 * [Someone else has been watching Louis get pulled back to safety. In far off Bangkok, in the land of Siam, a wicked magician called Kralahome is watching the ship through his magic gong]
 * Kralahome: Behold the King's new schoolteacher. [He knows that Anna has been hired from Britain to teach the King's royal children, and Kralahome isn't happy] Do you know what she brings?
 * Master Little: Homework?
 * Kralahome: Progress! No more superstition. No more fear. No more me!
 * Master Little: Are you going to frighten her off, O Little One?
 * Kralahome gives an evil grin. He has a more clever plan]
 * Kralahome: I'm going to make her hate Siam. I want her to think that the King of Siam is a barbarian. Then she'll warn the British and they'll come and take over Siam and find a new King.
 * Master Little: You?
 * [Kralahome grins again]
 * Kralahome: The storm has already created fears and doubts.
 * [Master Little gulps]
 * Kralahome: GIVE ME THE GONG!!
 * [Master Little strikes the magic gong with all his might]
 * [On the deck, Louis and his mother stand looking anxiously at the storm clouds. Suddenly, the clouds get darker and darker. The evil Kralahome has turned the clouds into a huge sea serpent. It covers the entire heavens. Smoke and fire come out of its nose. Its eyes are glowing as it bends its head, closer and closer.....Anna stands bravely facing the cloud monster. She doesn't seem to be afraid]
 * Louis Leonowens: What have you done if you're frightened, Mother?
 * Anna Leonowens: I whistle. [She stands up tall and begins to sing] Wherever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect and whistle a happy tune, where no one will suspect I'm afraid.
 * [Louis starts to sing along with her. As they whistle, the serpent suddenly turns back into ordinary dark clouds. Kralahome has not made them afraid]
 * Louis Leonowens: I think whistling is a very best idea, Mother.
 * Anna Leonowens: It is a very nice idea, isn't it?
 * Louis Leonowens: I don't think I shall ever be afraid again. [But the evil sorcerer is yet watching in his magic gong]
 * Kralahome: Yes, you will.

 * [A few days later, the ship sails into Bangkok harbor. The captain lets Louis look through his telescope. Louis gasps in horror, he thinks he is looking at another sea serpent. But it just a magnificent ship, carved like a dragon, coming to meet them]
 * [Sitting under a golden canopy is a reluctant-looking man]
 * Anna Leonowens: Is that the King?
 * Captain: The prime minister, names Kralahome. [He warns her to be careful. Kralahome is very powerful]
 * [Kralahome seems polite and friendly as he welcomes Anna and Louis, but little Moonshee is afraid of him. Louis mournfully hands the monkey back to his owner, the captain. They have become grand friends during the long voyage]
 * Captain: Perhaps you should take the useless creature. [Louis is overjoyed. His new life won't be so strange if he has his monkey friend behind him]
 * [Anna and Louis climb onto the royal barge and sail toward the city of glittering temples and palaces]
 * [The King's palace is the most splendid of all. Louis looks up at the towering gold doors with marble elephants on either side of them. Inside are courtyards complete with flowers and long marble halls. Suddenly, there is a loud clang. The doors have swung shut behind them. They are trapped in the palace whether they like it or not]
 * [Louis looks at his mother. She doesn't seem afraid as they follow Kralahome down a long hallway]
 * Kralahome: You'll be shown to your rooms.
 * Anna Leonowens: But, the King promised me my own house, outside the palace.
 * Kralahome: The King does not always remember his promises.
 * Anna Leonowens: Then I must remind him.
 * [Kralahome grins to himself. This is going to be nice––people who are rude to the King wind up gone]
 * [At last, they come to the most splendid room in the palace. A proud, dignified man sits on a golden throne. It is the King. At his side is his pet black panther, Rama. He strokes Rama as he receives gifts from other lands. Anna is about to walk in and introduce herself, but Kralahome holds her back]
 * Kralahome: Wait. The King of Burma has sent a gift to His Majesty.
 * [Anna stares in horror until she realizes that the "gift" is a beautiful young servant]
 * Anna Leonowens: She's a person, not a rug.
 * [Kralahome smirks at her]
 * Kralahome: A barbaric old custom. The King loves it.
 * [As the trembling servant is led astray, Moonshee makes a dive for the Burmese ambassador's turban. He thinks the fruit on it is real. Instead, it is made of precious stones. The ambassador yells as Moonshee dances off with a handful of jewels. Palace guards jump forward. Their swords are drawn. Louis doesn't think about the danger. He has to save Moonshee from certain death. He flings himself between the swords, but no use. Moonshee dashes on until he comes face-to-face with...Rama the panther. Rama growls. Afraid, Moonshee jumps among the pile of presents that collapse and fall]
 * [At last, Louis manages to grab the monkey. He looks up to see a guard with a sword raised––about to cut off his head]

 * Tuptim: [holding a vase of flowers] For your room, Mrs. Anna.
 * Anna Leonowens: Oh, how lovely!
 * [Tuptim looks at poetry book]
 * Anna Leonowens: Oh, you must have something in return.
 * Tuptim: Oh no, Mrs. Anna, you will be punished for giving book to servant!
 * Anna Leonowens: [giving Tuptim the poetry book] Oh, nonsense, I'm a teacher.

 * [When walking on roof and Louis follows]
 * Prince Chululongkorn: Not for boy, you'll get hurt.
 * Louis Leonowens: That's what you said about kick-boxing - and I bloodied your nose!

 * Anna Leonowens: [teaching King's children] I have a surprise. A new, modern, British map.
 * [Anna unrolls map out on wall]
 * Prince Chululongkorn: Siam is not so small!
 * Anna Leonowens: Oh but look, England's even smaller.
 * King's other children: [all at once] Ah!
 * Prince Chululongkorn: But royal palace is centre of whole universe.
 * Anna Leonowens: Well, I suppose we think that of all our homes really - whether you live in a palace or not.

Taglines

 * The Extraordinary Adventure, The Magical Romance, The Musical Masterpiece
 * The All New Animated Family Spectacular Adapted From The Musical By Rodgers And Hammerstein

Voice cast

 * Miranda Richardson as Anna Leonowens
 * Christiane Noll as Anna's singing voice
 * Martin Vidnovic as King of Siam
 * Allen D. Hong as Prince Chulalongkorn
 * David Burnham as Chulalongkorn's singing voice
 * Armi Arabe as Tuptim
 * Tracy Venner Warren as Tuptim's singing voice
 * Ian Richardson as Kralahome
 * Darrell Hammond as Master Little
 * Adam Wylie as Louis Leonowens
 * Sean Smith as Sir Edward Ramsay
 * J.A. Fujili as First Wife
 * Ken Baker as Captain
 * Ed Trolla as Sir Edward's Captain
 * Anthony Mozdy as Burmese Emissary
 * Alexandra Lai as Princess Ying
 * Katherine Lai as Princess Naomi
 * Mark Hunt as Steward
 * B.K. Tochi as Soldier

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Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai (5 March 1898 – 8 January, 1976), a prominent Chinese Communist leader, was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, from 1949 until his death.

Quotes

 * All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.
 * As quoted in Saturday Evening Post (27 March 1954); this is a play upon the famous maxim of Clausewitz: "War is the continuation of politics by other means".

 * The peoples of Asia and Africa created brilliant ancient civilizations and made tremendous contributions to mankind. But, ever since modern times most of the countries of Asia and Africa in varying degrees have been subjected to colonial plunder and oppression, and have thus been forced to remain in a stagnant state of poverty and backwardness. Our voices have been suppressed, our aspirations shattered, and our destiny placed in the hands of others. Thus, we have no choice but to rise against colonialism.
 * As quoted at speech in the Plenary Session of the Asian-African Conference (19 April 1955)

 * Now first of all I would like to talk about the question of different ideologies and social systems. We have to admit that among our Asian and African countries, we do have different ideologies and different social systems. But this does not prevent us from seeking common ground and being united.
 * Supplementary Speech at the Plenary Session of the Asian African-Conference (19 April 1955)

 * Our great proletarian cultural revolution is acclaimed and warmly praised by all Marxists-Leninists and revolutionary people of the world and immensely fortifies their revolutionary fighting will and confidence in victory. The handful of imperialists, modern revisionists and reactionaries in various countries are hurling vicious abuse at us precisely because our great cultural revolution has dug out the roots of their subversive activities and their attempts at “peaceful evolution” in China and has thus hit them where it hurts most. Their abuse only proves that we have done the right thing and serves further to expose their reactionary features, their hostility towards the Chinese people and the cause of human progress.
 * As quoted in speech at the National Day Reception (30 September 1966)

 * For us, it is all right if the talks succeed, and it is all right if they fail.
 * On President Richard Nixon’s visit to China (5 October 1971), as quoted in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988) edited by James Beasley Simpson

 * China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all … but very tough, and for years no one has been able to bite into it.
 * To the Chinese Communist Party Congress, as quoted in The New York Times (1 September 1973)

 * We shall use only peaceful means and we shall not permit any other kind of method.
 * Concluding his summary of his government’s approach to boundary settlement at Bandung, with a pledge and a warning, as quoted in "How the Sino-Russian Boundary Conflict Was Finally Settled : From Nerchinsk 1689 to Vladivostok 2005 via Zhenbao Island 1969" by Neville Maxwell

 * It is too soon to say.
 * Often thought to refer to the significance of the French Revolution of 1789, it has been argued that he was actually indicating the French protests of 1968, as quoted in "Zhou’s cryptic caution lost in translation" by Richard McGregor in Financial Times (10 June 2011)

 * Along with the people of other countries, we have won tremendous victories in the struggle against colonialism and imperialism, and in particular against the hegemonism of the superpowers. We have smashed imperialist and social-imperialist encirclement, blockade, aggression and subversion, and have strengthened our unity with the people of all countries, and especially the third world countries. China's seat in the United Nations, of which she had long been illegally deprived, has been restored to her.
 * As quoted in Report on the Work of the Government (13 January 1975)

 * Today the first unification of the Chinese people has emerged. The people themselves have become the masters of Chinese soil, and the rule of the reactionaries in China has been irrevocably overthrown.
 * "Chinese People Will not Tolerate Aggression" (October 1950)

 * The Japanese aggressors have driven deep into our country and disaster is imminent. Fellow-countrymen, arise and unite as one! Our great, ancient Chinese nation is indomitable. Arise and fight for national unity! Fight to overthrow Japanese imperialist oppression! The Chinese nation will surely triumph.
 * As quoted in "Communist Co-Operation by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China" (15 July 1937)

 * The awakening and growth of the Third World is a major event in contemporary international relations. The Third World has strengthened its unity in the struggle against hegemonism and power politics of the superpowers and is playing an ever more significant role in international affairs. The great victories won by the people of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia in their war against U.S. aggression and for national salvation have strongly encouraged the people of the world in their revolutionary struggles against imperialism and colonialism.
 * As quoted in Report To The Tenth National Congress Of The Communist Party Of China (28 August 1973)

Disputed

 * The more troops they send to Vietnam, the happier we will be, for we feel that we shall have them in our power, we can have their blood. So if you want to help the Vietnamese you should encourage the Americans to throw more and more soldiers into Vietnam. We want them there. They will be close to China. And they will be in our grasp. They will be so close to us, they will be our hostages. … We are planting the best kind of opium especially for the American soldiers in Vietnam.
 * Reported in Christian Crusade Weekly (March 3, 1974) as having been said be Zhou to Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1965; reported as a likely misattribution in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions (1989), p. 133.

Quotes about Zhou

 * Sorted alphabetically by author or source

Throughout everything, however, Zhou acted as Mao’s chief retainer, a state functionary who helped turn his impoverished nation into a vast prison camp. To have resisted obviously would have been dangerous, but Zhou’s influence within the party was enormous and he could have allied with other critics of Mao, especially after the evident disaster of the Great Leap Forward. But to do so would have been risky, and risk was something Zhou avoided at all costs. … He seemed to embody a sense of personal decency, treating his family, friends, and colleagues well, in contrast to the vindictive, licentious, and unpredictable Mao. Zhou also sought prosperity and stability for China — a communist China, to be sure, but nevertheless one in which people would no longer be starving. A perception that Zhou cared about those ruled by Beijing generated spontaneous popular mourning after his death, even though Mao did not attend the funeral.
 * There is nothing to suggest that Zhou was filled with blood lust, enjoyed killing supposed counter-revolutionaries, plotted to imprison tens of millions of regime opponents, or was indifferent to the mass starvation and hardship around him. Indeed, he counseled colleagues and protected them, to the degree possible, from the madness of the Cultural Revolution, essentially an intra-party civil war which ruined the lives of millions of people, including many loyal communist apparatchiks. Like Stalin’s purges, the Cultural Revolution was bloody — estimates of the number of dead start at around 500,000 and top out at three million — and was no less mad, convulsing China for years.
 * Doug Bandow, in review of Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary (2007) at Antiwar.com (11 January 2008)

 * As a student of acting, he knew how to master the role he was handed. For years, he had been performing the important part of the indispensable servant to perfection, much to the annoyance of Mao, his master. He was almost entirely self-effacing. He knew how to mend the broken pieces of crockery that Mao shattered from time to time. Zhou’s genius for self-abnegation and the deft and artful way that he had of cleaning up a nasty mess aggravated Mao, the master, and piqued his pride. They were the odd couple, but this was no domestic comedy.
 * Gao Wenqian, in Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary (2007)

 * It is a little bit humiliating when I have to say that Chou En-lai to me appears as the most superior brain I have so far met in the field of foreign politics... so much more dangerous than you imagine because he is so much better a man than you have ever admitted.
 * Dag Hammarskjöld, in a letter to a friend, as quoted in Hammarskjöld (1972) by Brian Urquhart

 * Mao dominated any gathering; Zhou suffused it. Mao's passion strove to overwhelm opposition; Zhou's intellect would seek to persuade or outmaneuver it. Mao was sardonic; Zhou penetrating. Mao thought of himself as a philosopher; Zhou saw his role as an administrator or a negotiator. Mao was eager to accelerate history; Zhou was content to exploit its currents.
 * Henry Kissinger, in On China (2011)
 * There followed seventeen hours of talks with Zhou Enlai. Here was a man of intellect, culture and charm, who bargained hard yet, unlike Gromyko, thought big. “There was none of the Russian ploymanship, scoring points, rigidity or bullying,” Kissinger later told Nixon. Zhou “spoke with an almost matter-of-fact clarity and eloquence,” nearly always without notes. “He was equally at home in philosophical sweeps, historical analysis, tactical probing, light repartee. His command of facts, and in particular his knowledge of American events, was remarkable.” Zhou Enlai, gushed Kissinger, “ranks with Charles de Gaulle as the most impressive foreign statesman I have met.” As we now know, Zhou was treated by Mao as his round-the-clock diplomatic factotum, forced at times to grovel even more basely than Gromyko did before Khrushchev. In 1972 Mao denied Zhou treatment for bladder cancer lest his premier outlive him, and even refused to pass on a full diagnosis. The statesman who dazzled Kissinger was in reality Mao’s “blackmailed slave.”
 * David Reynolds, Summits: Six Meetings that Changed the Twentieth Century (2007), p. 239-240

 * He's the truest friend I've ever had. What's more, he's an exquisite man, full of kindness and sophistication, the most aristocratic aristocrat one can meet. To those who can't understand how I, a non-communist, could be friends with Zhou Enlai, I say: "But he's a prince more princely than I am!"
 * Norodom Sihanouk, as quoted in interview with Oriana Fallaci (June 1973), published in Intervista con la Storia (sixth edition, 2011), p. 109

The title of Gao Wenqian’s book, Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary, is deliberately sardonic, and is designed to show that far from being perfect, Zhou was in fact fallible, often devious, and capable of great cruelty to his friends and fellow revolutionaries.
 * Through the ups and downs of the unpredictable Chinese Revolution, Zhou Enlai’s reputation has seemed to stand untarnished. The reasons for this are in part old-fashioned ones: in a world of violent change, not noted for its finesse, Zhou Enlai stood out as elegant, courteous, even courtly; and with his remarkable good looks and fluent intelligence, he seemed to personify the mannerisms of diplomats from a gentler age. At the same time, Zhou’s reputation benefited from the apparently profound contrasts with Mao Zedong, who loved to thrust himself forward into the limelight, and never shrank from taking credit for China’s perpetual upheavals.
 * Jonathan Spence, in "The Mystery of Zhou Enlai", in The New York Review of Books (28 May 2009)

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Oklahoma!

Oklahoma! (1943) was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II.

 * "Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, I got a beautiful feeling everything's going my way" - Curly

 * "He told me they were the cats with the softest fur on their tails!" - Ado Annie on why the peddler was comparing her to a persian cat.

 * "I cain't say no!" - Ado Annie

 * "Shoot things!" - Judd Fry

 * "I don't say I'm no better than anybody else, but I'll be darned if I aint just as good" - Aunt Eller

 * "Pore Jud is Daid." - Curly

 * "We don't got no cow ponies. The oat crop is done spoke fer." - Jud

 * "I'll give an imitation of a crawfish; and dig myself a hole where I can hide." - Ado Annie

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Urinetown: The Musical

Urinetown: The Musical is an award-winning satirical comedy musical that pokes fun at capitalism, socialism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and petty small town politics. Urinetown rejects musical theatre convention, parodying successful Broadway shows such as Les Misérables, Evita, Annie and West Side Story, and even satirizes its own significance. In reverse pantomime style, the unconventional plotline shatters audience expectations of a pleasant ending.

Dialogue

 * Little Sally: "(Say Officer Lockstock, is this where you tell the audience about the water shortage?)" Officer Lockstock: "What's that Little Sally?" LS: "You know, the water shortage. The hard times. The drought. A shortage so awful that private toilets eventually became unthinkable. A premise so absurd that. . ." OL: "Whoa, there Little Sally. Not all at once. They'll hear more about the water shortage in the next scene." LS: "Oh, I guess you don't want to overload them with too much exposition, huh." OL: "Everything in its time, Little Sally. You're too young to understand it now, but nothing can kill a show like too much exposition." LS: "How about bad subject matter?" OL: "Well-" LS: "Or a bad title, even? That could kill a show pretty good." OL: "Well Little Sally, suffice it to say that in Urinetown (the musical) everyone has to use public bathrooms in order to take care of their private business.

 * Pennywise: I am her mother. All:[Gasp]. Pennywise: And she is my daughter!. All: [Bigger Gasp].

 * Old Man Strong: Bobby! Bobby, reason with the woman. I'm a little short this morning. Tiny Tom: No shorter than yesterday. Unless I've grown.

 * Hope: "Gosh, Daddy, I never realized large, monopolizing corporations could be such a force for good in the world!" Mr. Cladwell: "Few do."

 * Hope: "Do you think you'd be feeling as bad as you do if you didn't have a heart?" Bobby: "I don't know. I suppose not." Hope: "Of course you wouldn't. Because then you'd be dead!"

 * Mr. Cladwell: [to Hope] "Don't be the bunny!"

 * Senator Fipp: "You're a good girl, Hope. I used to be one, before your father got to me." Hope: "You were a good girl?" Senator Fipp: "You heard me."

 * Bobby: "We will look into the faces of our fellow man and see not only a brother, (To Tiny Tom) But a sister as well." Tiny Tom:"What's that supposed to mean?"

 * Mr. McQueen: "Ms. Cladwell! What an unexpected surprise!" Hope: "Is there any other kind?"

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Oklahoma

 * For the musical, see Oklahoma!. For the musical 1955 film, see Oklahoma'' (1955 film)

Oklahoma is the 20th most extensive and the 28th most populous of the 50 United States. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning "red people". It is also known informally by its nickname, The Sooner State, in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked their claims on the choicest pieces of land prior to the official opening date, and the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889, which opened the door for white settlement in North America's Indian Territory. Its residents are often called Okies or Oklahomans.

Quotes

 * Oklahoma is nothing but vast wasteland; no place for black people... The Oklahoma Sooners and the Hornets are the only brothers in town.
 * Charles Barkley, as quoted in "Barkley: Oklahoma a vast wasteland" (10 February 2006), by Andrew Gilman, The Oklahoman

 * I'm a real Sooner, an Oklahoman born and bred, and I love every inch of my state, from the rocky, bleak oil country to the lush greenness and urban excitement of the other areas I know. And few people realize that it's among the top five states in natural water resources. Oklahoma is many kinds of places, and I loved every one of them.
 * Anita Bryant, Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory (1970). Old Tappan: Fleming H. Revell Company, p. 35

But Okie is okay with me.
 * You can call me what you want to
 * Zeke Clements, Oklahoma Blues

Yes I am. Here's my train coming now I homeward bound. Yes, I'm going home today And I expect to stay.
 * Going home to Oklahoma.
 * Spade Cooley, All Aboard for Oklahoma

 * Met this lady in Oklahoma; put that pussy in a coma.
 * Joseph Foreman, "Crazy Rap" (2000)

I hear your sad, your lonesome song. It's calling me to Oklahoma Back to those hills where I belong.
 * Oh, howl away you wild coyote,
 * Jack Guthrie and Woody Guthrie, Oklahoma's Calling.

Or a lonesome hound dog bay. Back to the heart of those lonesome hills I'm gonna be some day. For Oklahoma I'm yearning.
 * Let me hear a coyote howl,
 * Jack Guthrie and Wava White, For Oklahoma, I'm Yearning.

When I reach that city fair. I'm homeward bound And I Know I'll soom be there Where tall corn grows, And the black oil flows, In old O-K-L-A.
 * I'm gona settle down
 * Jimmie Hall and Leon McAuliffe, Tulsa Straight Ahead.

 * I don't believe I ever saw an Oklahoman who wouldn't fight at the drop of a hat — and frequently drop the hat himself.
 * Robert E. Howard in a letter to H. P. Lovecraft, July 13, 1932.

I'm happy there Living next to the soil.
 * I want to go back to Oklahoma.
 * Billy Hughes, Next to the Soil.

In Oklahoma in my home town.
 * And now I'd like to settle down,
 * Leodie Jackson, Ramblin' Okie.

Doen't shine one half as bright As the one Oklahoma, So I'm startin' back tonight.
 * But the sun in California
 * Merl Lindsay, Lonesome Okie Goin' Home.

 * Oklahoma has just declared war against “furries” in the classroom. Oklahoma State Rep. Justin Humphrey recently introduced House Bill 3084, which prohibits furries from K-12 school campuses: “Students who purport to be an imaginary animal or animal species, or who engage in anthropomorphic behavior commonly referred to as furries at school shall not be allowed to participate in school curriculum or activities.” If students violate this rule, their parents will be asked to pick them up, and if they’re unavailable, “animal control services shall be contacted to remove the student.”
 * Auguste Meyrat, "How A Silly Oklahoma Bill On Kids Identifying As ‘Furries’ Could Help Fight Mental Illness", The Federalist (February 2, 2024)

 * Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain And the wavin' wheat, can sure smell sweet When the wind comes right behind the rain. Oklahoma, ev'ry night my honey lamb and I Sit alone and talk, and watch a hawk Makin' lazy circles in the sky. We know we belong to the land, And the land we belong to is grand! And when we say Yeeow! A-yip-i-o-e-ay! We're only sayin' You're doin' fine, Oklahoma!
 * Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Oklahoma

Gonna cross a lot of sand. Oklahoma here I come!
 * Got my ticket in my hand
 * Paul Westmoreland, Oklahoma Bound.

Throwed the come-back part away. Oklahoma's dear to me.
 * Bought a round-trip ride today,
 * Paul Westmoreland, Oklahoma Bound.

 * As governor, I represent all 4 million Oklahomans and they overwhelmingly support protecting life in the state of Oklahoma. We want Oklahoma to be the most pro-life state in the country. We want to outlaw abortion in the state of Oklahoma
 * Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt Oklahoma governor signs near-total ban on abortion into law (April 12, 2022)

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Saw

 * Saw may refer to:

 * A saw (n.), a blade tool with teeth used for cutting
 * To saw (v.), to use the abovementioned tool to cut
 * Saw (v.), the past tense of see
 * Saw (2004 film), a horror film

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The Island (2005 film)

The Island (2005) is a science fiction film directed Michael Bay and starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson.

McCord

 * Just cause people wanna eat the burger doesn't mean they wanna meet the cow.
 * You're not real. You're copies of people out here in the world.

Lincoln Six-Echo

 * I just want to live. I don't care how.
 * You still think there's an Island?

Jordan Two-Delta

 * (while she and Lincoln are kissing) I've finally found The Island, Tom. It's you.
 * The Island is real. It’s us

Dialogue

 * McCord: (makes a reference to God)
 * Lincoln Six-Echo: Who is God?
 * McCord: You know when you really want something, you close your eyes and wish for it really hard? God is the guy that ignores you.

 * McCord: Man, why do I gotta be the guy tells the kids there's no Santa Claus? OK, look. You're...Well, you're not like me. I mean, you're not... human. I mean, you're human, but you just, you're not real. You're not, like, a real person. Like me. You're clones. You're copies of people out here in the world.

 * Merrick: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the next generation of science. The Agnate, an organic frame engineered directly into adulthood to match the client's age. You're looking at stage one - the development stage. Within 12 months, it'll be harvest-ready, providing a carrier of your baby, second pair of lungs, fresh skin - all genetically indistinguishable from your own and in compliance with the Eugenics Laws of 2015, all our Agnates are maintained in a persistent vegetative state. They never achieve consciousness. They never think or suffer or feel pain, joy, love, hate. It's a product, ladies and gentlemen, in every way that matters. Not Human!

 * Dr. Merrick: I have discovered the Holy Grail of science, Mr. Laurent. I give life. The Agnates... they're simply tools, instruments. They have no souls. The possibilities are endless here. In two years' time, I will be able to cure children's leukemia. How many people on Earth can say that, Mr. Laurent?
 * Laurent: I guess just you and God. That's the answer you're looking for, isn't it?

 * Jordan Two-Delta: (seeing a motorcycle scream down the road) What was that?
 * Lincoln Six-Echo: I don't know. (smiles) But I want one.

 * Albert Laurent: (showing Merrick his marks) When my father was killed, my brothers and I were branded, so everyone would know we were less than human. I've said and done things I'm not proud of, but sooner or later you realise, killing's a business. So... when did killing become a business for you?
 * Dr. Merrick: Oh, no. It's so much more than that. I have discovered the Holy Grail of science. In two years, I can cure children's leukemia. How many people on Earth can say that?
 * Albert Laurent: I guess just you and God. But that's the answer you want, isn't it?

 * Dr. Merrick: What's troubling, you, Lincoln?
 * Lincoln Six-Echo: It - it's just... all right, Tuesday night is tofu night, and I'm asking myself "Who here decided that everyone likes tofu in the first place, and what is tofu anyway?" And why can't I have bacon? I line up every morning, and I'm not allowed any bacon for my breakfast. And - and tell me - let's talk about all the white. Why is everyone wearing white all the time? It's impossible to keep clean, I'm walking around, I get - I always get the gray stripe, I never get any color, and I hand it in to be cleaned, and - and someone cleans it and fold it neatly back in my drawer, but who? Who is that person? I don't know. I just - I wanna know answers and I - and I wish that there was more.
 * Dr. Merrick: More?
 * Lincoln Six-Echo: Yeah, more than just waiting to go to The Island!

 * Lincoln Six-Echo: I think they're going to kill you.
 * Jordan Two-Delta: I'm going to The Island.
 * Lincoln Six-Echo: Jordan, there *is* no island!

 * (Being told they are clones)
 * Jordan Two-Delta: Bu- I have a mother! I remember her!
 * McCord: Yeah, I know...
 * Jordan Two-Delta: I grew up on a farm! I had a little dog a - and I had a bike...
 * McCord: A bike, yeah. A pink, fluffy Flyer with little tassels on the handlebars? And you rode it up the street to your Grandmother's house, you'd ring the little bell, she came out and served you cookies on a hot plate?
 * Jordan Two-Delta: Yes.
 * McCord: No. Memory imprints. I've seen 'em. A buddy of mine is a programmer at the institute, he showed me. There's only, like, twelve stories, they change around little details, but they're all pretty much the same. The life you think you had before the contamination? It never happened.

 McCord: ...but there's one universal truth, never trust a woman with your credit card...

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Henry Vaughan

Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh Metaphysical poet and a doctor, the twin brother of the philosopher Thomas Vaughan.

Quotes

 * As men are killed by fighting, the truth is lost in disputing.
 * Preface to Hermetical Physick of Henry Nollus (1655).

Silex Scintillans (1655)

 * Holy writing must strive (by all means) for perfection and true holiness, that a door may be opened to him in heaven.
 * Preface.

 * Dear Night! this world's defeat; The stop to busy fools; care's check and curb; The day of spirits; my soul's calm retreat Which none disturb! Christ's progress, and His prayer-time; The hours to which high Heaven doth chime.
 * "The Night," l. 25.

 * There is in God — some say — A deep, but dazzling darkness; as men here Say it is late and dusky, because they See not all clear. O for that Night! where I in Him Might live invisible and dim!
 * "The Night," l. 49.

 * Happy those early days, when I Shined in my angel-infancy! Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race.
 * "The Retreat," l. 1.

 * When yet I had not walk'd above A mile or two from my first Love, And looking back, at that short space Could see a glimpse of His bright face; When on some gilded cloud or flower My gazing soul would dwell an hour, And in those weaker glories spy Some shadows of eternity; Before I taught my tongue to wound My conscience with a sinful sound, Or had the black art to dispense A several sin to every sense,  But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness.
 * "The Retreat," l. 7 - 19.

 * Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward steps would move.
 * "The Retreat," l. 29.

 * I cannot reach it, and my striving eye Dazzles at it, as at eternity. Were now that chronicle alive, Those white designs which children drive, And the thoughts of each harmless hour, With their content too in my pow'r, Quickly would I make my path even, And by mere playing go to heaven.
 * "Childhood".

 * Why should I not love childhood still? Why, if I see a rock or shelf, Shall I from thence cast down myself? Or by complying with the world, From the same precipice be hurled? Those observations are but foul, Which make me wise to lose my soul. And yet the practice worldlings call Business, and weighty action all, Checking the poor child for his play, But gravely cast themselves away.
 * "Childhood".

 * Dear, harmless age! the short, swift span Where weeping Virtue parts with man; Where love without lust dwells, and bends What way we please without self-ends. An age of mysteries! which he Must live that would God's face see Which angels guard, and with it play, Angels! which foul men drive away.
 * "Childhood".

 * I saw Eternity the other night Like a great ring of pure and endless light. All calm, as it was bright; And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years, Driv'n by the spheres Like a vast shadow moved; in which the world And all her train were hurled.
 * "The World".

 * They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit lingering here; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear.
 * "They Are All Gone," st. 1.

 * I see them walking in an air of glory Whose light doth trample on my days, My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmering and decays.
 * "They Are All Gone," st. 3.

 * Dear, beauteous death, the jewel of the just! Shining nowhere but in the dark; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark!
 * "They Are All Gone," st. 5.

 * And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.
 * "They Are All Gone," st. 7.

 * My soul, there is a country Far beyond the stars Where stands a wingèd sentry All skillful in the wars: There, above noise and danger, Sweet Peace is crowned with smiles, And One born in a manger Commands the beauteous files.
 * "Peace," st. 1.

 * Still young and fine! but what is still in view We slight as old and soil'd, though fresh and new.
 * "The Rainbow".

 * When thou dost shine, darkness looks white and fair, Forms turn to musick, clouds to smiles and air; Rain gently spends his honey-drops, and pours Balm on the cleft earth, milk on grass and flowers. Bright pledge of peace and sun-shine! the sure tye Of thy Lord's hand, the object of his eye. When I behold thee, though my light be dim, Distant, and low, I can in thine see Him Who looks upon thee from his glorious throne, And mindes the covenant 'twixt all and One.
 * "The Rainbow".

 * I will on thee as on a comet look, A comet, the sad world's ill-boding book; Thy light as luctual and stain'd with woes I'll judge, where penal flames sit mixt and close. But though some think thou shin'st but to restrain Bold storms, and simply dost attend on rain; Yet I know well, and so our sins require, Thou dost but court cold rain, till rain turns fire.
 * "The Rainbow".

 * Tempests and windes and winter-nights Vex not, that but One sees thee grow, That One made all these lesser lights. If those bright joys He singly sheds On thee, were all met in one crown, Both sun and stars would hide their heads ; And moons, though full, would get them down.
 * "The Seed Growing Secretly".

 * Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb; Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch Till the white-wing’d reapers come!
 * "The Seed Growing Secretly".

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Reefer Madness

Reefer Madness is a 1936 American film about a group of young students whose tragic downfall is apparently caused by their marijuana use.
 * Directed by Louis Gasnier. Written by Arthur Hoerl.

It's Public Enemy, Number One! Taglines

Opening Scroll

 * The motion picture you are about to witness may startle you. It would not have been possible, otherwise, to sufficiently emphasize the frightful toll of the new drug menace which is destroying the youth of America in alarmingly-increasing numbers. Marihuana is that drug - a violent narcotic - an unspeakable scourge - The Real Public Enemy Number One! Its first effect is sudden violent, uncontrollable laughter; then come dangerous hallucinations - space expands - time slows down, almost stands still... .fixed ideas come next, conjuring up monstrous extravagances - followed by emotional disturbances, the total inability to direct thoughts, the loss of all power to resist physical emotions... leading finally to acts of shocking violence... ending often in incurable insanity. In picturing its soul-destroying effects no attempt was made to equivocate. The scenes and incidents, while fictionized for the purposes of this story, are based upon actual research into the results of Marihuana addiction. If their stark reality will make you think, will make you aware that something must be done to wipe out this ghastly menace, then the picture will not have failed in its purpose... . Because the dread Marihuana may be reaching forth next for your son or daughter... .or yours... .or YOURS!

Jack Perry

 * Oh, why don't you button up your lip? You're always squawkin' about something. You've got more static than a radio.

Blanche

 * That's better! That's more like it. I know you'll like it. Really, you will. Just take a puff of that.

Dr. Carroll

 * It must be stopped! You and other parent groups around the country. And you must stand united on this and stamp out this frightful assassin of our youth.

 * I'm going to ask you a straightforward question: isn't it true that you have, perhaps unwillingly, acquired a certain habit through association with certain undesirable people?

 * It is only through enlightenment that this scourge can be wiped out. Out of the trafficking of these drugs, a lawlessness that we can scarcely estimate has grown and is now flourishing. It exist in almost every city and hamlet in the country.

 * We must work untiringly so that our children are obliged to learn the truth. Because, it is only through knowledge that we can safely protect them. Failing this, the next tragedy may be that of your daughter - or your son - or yours - or yours... [points to camera] or yours!

Other

 * Prosecuting Attorney: Your Honor, in this case the State waves the trial of the defendant, Ralph Wiley. It is convinced that he is hopelessly and incurably insane - a condition caused by the drug marijuana, to which he was addicted. It is recommended, your Honor, that the defendant be placed in an institution for the criminally insane for the rest of his natural life.

Dialogue

 * Mae: What time is it?
 * Jack: Time to get up and give this place the goin' over. It looks like the Marines have landed.
 * Mae: Well, that bunch last night was high enough to take over the Marines and the Navy!

 * Jimmy: How about driving over to the... Joe's place with me? I'll buy you a soda!
 * Bill: I never drink the stuff!

 * [Jimmy finishes a reefer before driving.]
 * Jimmy: Let's go, Jack. I'm red-hot!
 * Jack: Better be careful how you drive, or the first thing you know you'll be ice-cold.

 * Bureau Official: Here is an example: A fifteen-year-old lad apprehended in the act of staging a holdup — fifteen years old and a marijuana addict. Here is a most tragic case.
 * Dr. Carroll: Yes, I remember. Just a young boy... under the influence of drugs... who killed his entire family with an axe.

 * Bill's Lawyer: Did you, during the last three months, notice any changes in the demeanor and attitude of your student, William Harper?
 * Dr. Carroll: Yes, in a number of things. For example, at times a disassociation of ideas. In another instance, I happened to attend the recent interscholastic tennis matches. And while Bill Harper had been considered an exceedingly good player, I saw him miss the ball by as much as three or four feet. This, I understand, could be contributed to the use of marijuana. It causes errors in time and space.

Taglines

 * It's Public Enemy, Number One!
 * Women Cry For It - Men Die For It!
 * The Sweet "Pill" That Makes Life BITTER!
 * Adults Only!
 * Drug Crazed Abandon!
 * Sin - degradation - vice - insanity!
 * SEE youthful marijuana victims - what actually happens!
 * Tell your children!
 * 65 years later, audiences are still hooked!

Cast

 * Dorothy Short - Mary Lane
 * Kenneth Craig - Bill Harper
 * Lillian Miles - Blanche
 * Dave O'Brien - Ralph Wiley
 * Thelma White - Mae Coleman
 * Carleton Young - Jack Perry
 * Warren McCollum - Jimmy Lane
 * Pat Royale - Agnes
 * Josef Forte - Dr. Alfred Carroll
 * Harry Harvey Jr. - Junior Harper

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Coretta Scott King
"Oh, the Inconvenience! Oh, the Humanity!

Someone brought up the possibility of a devastating consequence of the new security measures at our airports. Coretta Scott King may actually have to go through airport security at Hartsfield!

Many of you don't know it, but Atlanta taxpayers pay for almost 24-hour police "protection" for Coretta. When she flies out of town she gets a police escort to the airport – through the gate – out on the tarmac – and right to the airplane. When she gets on the airplane, her traveling aide informs the flight attendants that they are not permitted to speak directly to Mrs. King. They are to relay their instructions and their questions to the aide, who will then speak with Ms. King and respond on her behalf. I've talked to people who have been told to get off an elevator because Mrs. King wished to use it and didn't want anyone else on the elevator with her."

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Robert J. Sawyer

Robert James Sawyer (born 29 April 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer, dubbed "the dean of Canadian science fiction" by the Ottawa Citizen in 1999. He describes himself as a "hard science-fiction writer." His work often delves into metaphysics, à la Arthur C. Clarke, and philosophy; he very much comes from the school that says science fiction is the literature of ideas.

Quotes

 * It embodies, perhaps more clearly than anything else I've written, the central theme of all my work: namely, that clearheaded, unflinching, rational thinking is the only effective way to deal with reality.
 * Introduction to You See But You Do Not Observe, originally published in Nebula Awards 31, p. 189

Far-Seer (1992)

 * All page numbers are from the mass market paperback first edition published by Ace ISBN 0-441-22551-9, first printing

 * Afsan stood tall. “I am not afraid.” “Fear is important, young one. Fear is the counselor. Those who don’t know when to fear wind up dead.”
 * Chapter 6 (p. 40)

 * “I’ve never heard you talk like this before.” “We all change with the passing of the days.”
 * Chapter 19 (p. 127)

 * “That’s not an appealing thought.” Afsan had never worried about how appealing any given idea was, only about how accurate it might be.
 * Chapter 20 (p. 133)

 * You know his dictum: nothing is anything unless it is something. That is, a concept without material reality is meaningless.
 * Chapter 24 (p. 158)

 * I am a priest. It’s my job to whip individuals or groups into a frenzy.
 * Chapter 32 (p. 218)

 * Science holds our answer; knowledge—real knowledge, verifiable knowledge, not superstition, not religious nonsense—will be our salvation.
 * Chapter 34 (p. 232)

Fossil Hunter (1993)

 * All page numbers are from the mass market paperback first edition published by Ace ISBN 0-441-24884-5, first printing

 * “I have no choice, do I?” Afsan turned his blind eyes on his friend. “That’s the funny thing about being a leader, Dybo: you rarely do.”
 * Chapter 12 (p. 84)

 * “We cannot be afraid to look.” “But some things are best left unknown,” she said. “Nothing is best left unknown,” said Toroca. “Nothing.”
 * Chapter 23 (p. 134)

 * I’m old, and if that has one advantage, it’s perspective: I’ve seen so much change during my lifetime.
 * Epilogue (p. 289)

Foreigner (1994)

 * All page numbers are from the mass market paperback first edition published by Ace ISBN 0-441-00017-7, first printing

 * “There are two opposing forces—the high mind and the low—but they reside in our brains, not various parts of our bodies. The high mind contains the conscious, the understood, the learned—that of which we are aware. The low mind consists of instincts and base impulses, of drives; it’s the province of the subconscious. The struggle between high and low mind produces the personality.” “But surely the high mind is who we really are,” said Afsan. “No. The high mind may represent who we want to be, or who the church says we should be, but we are just as much our low minds as we are our high; the low mind shapes our behavior, too.”
 * Chapter 5 (p. 41)

 * Nothing is anything unless it is something. In other words, a concept without material reality is meaningless.
 * Chapter 5 (p. 41)

 * The sad truth, Afsan, is that often what we intend has little to do with what we achieve.
 * Chapter 10 (p. 79)

 * Only a fool fights in a building that’s on fire.
 * Chapter 26 (p. 200)

 * The intelligent person must abhor violence.
 * Chapter 26 (p. 201; this and the preceding quote are presented in the book as proverbs in the culture)

 * But here’s the rub: equality doesn’t necessarily mean being the same. It’s possible to be different but equal. Yes, the male may be more ornate or more powerful in many cases, but the female controls mating, choosing the male, and also, of course, it is the female who brings new life into the world. Which is better? No one can say. Equal, but different.
 * Chapter 31 (p. 228)

End of an Era (1994)

 * All page numbers are from the mass market paperback edition published by Ace ISBN 0-441-00114-9
 * Note that the chapters in the book are numbered in reverse order

 * “Good luck—and God protect.” I was sure that little reference to God was for the sake of the network cameras. Ching-Mei was an atheist. She only had faith in empirical data, in experimental results.
 * Countdown: 19 (p. 9)

 * Adjectives modify nouns, adverbs modify verbs, advertisers modify the truth.
 * Countdown: 16 (p. 47)

 * It turned out that big-bucks science had been a purely mid-twentieth-century phenomenon, starting with the Manhattan Project and ending with the fall of the Soviet Union.
 * Countdown: 13 (pp. 81-82)

 * “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” I shook my head. “Have you ever noticed how many once-in-a-lifetime opportunities come at the end of a person’s life? Count me out.”
 * Countdown: 9 (p. 111)

 * Failing to act is a decision in and of itself.
 * Countdown: 7 (p. 129; italics in the original; catchphrase repeated often in the book)

Starplex (1996)

 * All page numbers are from the mass market paperback first edition published by Ace ISBN 0-441-00372-9

 * Throwing some light on the subject had only made the mystery deeper.
 * Chapter 3, (p. 41)

 * Jag barked dismissively. “Philosophy,” he said. “Not science. They just want to believe that.”
 * Chapter 16, (p. 164)

 * “God,” he said under his breath. “All the gods,” replied Jag, softly, “are a very, very long way from here.”
 * Chapter 19, (p. 215)

 * You are spoiled by being a sociologist, Lansing. In the hard sciences, we occasionally have to face the reality that some of our theories will actually be disproven.
 * Chapter 19, (p. 218)

 * “But you get along with humans now, which is something my people are having trouble managing. How do you do it?” Longbottle barked, “Accept their weaknesses, welcome their strengths.” Jag was silent.
 * Chapter 23, (p. 266; Jag is a pugnacious alien; Longbottle is a dolphin)

 * “What arrogant fools we are!” said Jag. “Don’t you see?” To this day, despite all the humbling lessons the universe has already taught us, we still try to retain a central role in creation. We devise theories of cosmology that say the universe was destined to give rise to us, that it had to evolve life like us. Humans call it the anthropic principle, my people called it the aj-Waldahudigralt principle, but it’s all the same thing: the desperate, deep-rooted need to believe that we are significant, that we’re important.
 * Chapter 24, (p. 276)

 * It had to begin somewhere—maturity, the stage after the midlife crisis, peace. It had to begin somewhere.
 * Chapter 25, (p. 278)

 * “Children play with toy soldiers,” said Keith, looking now at Jag. “Child races play with real ones. Maybe it’s time all of us grew up a bit.”
 * Chapter 25, (p. 278)

Frameshift (1997)

 * All page numbers are from the mass market paperback edition published by Tor ISBN 0-812-57108-8

 * There was a small crucifix above the door to his room; it had been there since he’d been a little boy. He stared up at the tiny Jesus—but there was no point in praying. The die was cast; what was done was done.
 * Chapter 3 (p. 30)

 * ...but there, because there is no grace of God, go I.
 * Chapter 25 (p. 179)

 * He cursed himself for thinking anything this complex would end up not being a source of problems.
 * Chapter 26 (p. 184)

 * “‘Justice,’” he said, his breath coming out raggedly as he quoted another Nobel laureate—at that precise moment, he couldn’t remember which one—“‘is always delayed and finally done only by mistake.’”
 * Chapter 41 (p. 326; apparently quoting George Bernard Shaw)

Factoring Humanity (1998)

 * All page numbers are from the trade paperback edition published by Orb ISBN 0-765-30903-3, 7th printing
 * Nominated for the 1999 Hugo Award.

 * “Well, that can happen. Memories can be implanted, even just through suggestion and constant repetition. And if a therapist augments that with hypnosis, really unshakable false memories can be created.” “But why on earth would a therapist do that?” Heather looked grim. “To quote an old Psych Department joke, there are many routes to mental health, but none so lucrative as Freudian analysis.”
 * Chapter 7 (pp. 62-63)

 * “Cheetah is an APE,” said Kyle. “You know, a computer simulation the apes humanity.” “I really do find the use of the term ‘ape’ offensive,” said Cheetah. Kyle smiled. “See? Genuine-sounding indignation. I programmed that myself. It’s the first thing you need in a university environment: the ability to take offense at any slight, real or imagined.”
 * Chapter 29 (p. 245)

 * Kyle was both deeply great and deeply flawed—peaks and valleys, more and less than she’d ever thought he was. But, she realized, whatever he was now, she could accept it; the fit between them wasn’t ideal, and probably never would be. But she knew in her heart that it was better than it could be with anyone else. And perhaps acknowledging that was as good a definition of love as any.
 * Chapter 33 (p. 273)

 * The fundamental of war has always been dehumanizing the enemy, seeing him as a soulless animal.
 * Chapter 41 (p. 342)

Flashforward (1999)

 * All page numbers are from the mass market paperback edition published by Tor ISBN 978-0-8125-8034-1

 * He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
 * Chapter 1 epigram (p. 9; quoting Beilby Porteus)

 * And Canadians didn’t like guns, either—they had no Second Amendment, or whatever damned thing it was that made Americans think they could go around armed.
 * Chapter 9 (pp. 95-96)

 * Free will is an illusion. It is synonymous with incomplete perception.
 * Chapter 12 epigram (p. 123; quoting Walter Kubilius)

 * You’re right to be skeptical—the world would be a better place if we were all a little less credulous.
 * Chapter 13 (p. 137)

 * There may be oodles of possible humans, but it is a finite number.
 * Chapter 16 (p. 167)

Calculating God (2000)

 * All page numbers are from the mass market paperback edition published by Tor ISBN 0-812-58035-4

 * You humans seem to have a profound capacity for ignoring obvious evidence.
 * Chapter 2 (p. 23)

 * Not wanting to die was another universal constant, it seemed.
 * Chapter 6 (p. 70)

 * I did learn one valuable lesson, though. I learned that you can’t choose the ways in which you’ll be tested.
 * Chapter 7 (p. 77)

 * Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.
 * Chapter 14 (p. 137)

 * As one of my Jewish friends has been known to observe, the Jews who survived World War II were either now atheists or hadn’t been paying attention.
 * Chapter 14 (p. 140)

 * I do remember her favorite expression: the Lord works in mysterious ways. Perhaps so. But I found it hard to believe he would work in shoddy, haphazard ones.
 * Chapter 17 (p. 165)

 * I believe the creator may have a specific reason for wanting a universe that has life in it, and, indeed, as you say, for wanting multiple sentiences to emerge simultaneously. But it seems clear beyond dispute that the creator takes no interest in specific individuals.
 * Chapter 17 (p. 170)

 * I guess what it means is this: to be human is to be fragile. We are easily hurt, and not just physically. We are easily hurt emotionally, too. So, as you move through life, my son, try not to hurt others.
 * Chapter 21 (p. 204)

 * Sagan may not have believed in the God of the Bible, but he at least allowed the possibility of a creator. Or did he? Carl was no more obliged to believe what he wrote in his sole work of fiction than George Lucas was required to believe in the Force.
 * Chapter 24 (p. 227)

 * The Lord works in mysterious ways. Mrs. Lansbury had always said that. Everything happens for a purpose. Such bull. Such unmitigated crap. I felt my stomach knotting. Cancer didn’t happen for any purpose. It tore people apart; if a god did create life, then he’s a shoddy workman, churning out flawed, self-destructing products.
 * Chapter 24 (pp. 230-231)

 * Still, you must know that the fear of death is irrational; death comes to everyone.
 * Chapter 25 (p. 235)

 * “And of me you ask which choice you should make?” said the translator’s voice. “Yes,” I said. There was the sound of rocks grinding, followed by a brief silence, and then: “The moral choice is obvious,” said the Wreed. “It always is.” “And?” I said. “What is the moral choice?” More sounds of rocks, then: “Morality cannot be handed down from an external source.” ... “It must come from within.” “You’re not going to tell me, are you?” The Wreed wavered and vanished.
 * Chapter 32 (p. 309; ellipsis represents a minor elision of description)

 * Must God be defined in a way that places him or her beyond the scope of science? I’d always believed that there was nothing beyond the scope of science. And I still believe that. Where do you draw the line? Right here. For me, the answer was right here. How do you define God? Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely more interesting and relevant than one that defied comprehension.
 * Chapter 34 (p. 326)

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Talk:Life Is Beautiful

Vampires?
In the part about the "Not Allowed" signs, I'm pretty sure that Guido mentions visigoths, not vampires! Was the movie dumbed down for history-ignorant american audiences? (I'm not saying this is a fair notion - but the movie's distributor seems to think so!) 200.217.227.102 13:31, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It was indeed visigoths. At least, in the subtitled version. Dunno about the newer english dub.--71.98.25.209 19:34, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

In the same quote, Guido said that he was with his CHINESE (cinese) friend, who had a kangaroo.

The article says quite confidently that if the final riddle has a solution, it is "a Jew." I doubt it. Dr. Lessing is a Nazi, but he is friendly to Guido and trying to help him. This would be no moment for anti-Semitism. I think the answer is "a fascist." What makes fascism not just heinous but also ridiculous is their version of the goose step. Guido calls attention to this even in his final moments. Italian geese make the same sound as Italian ducks--this is what throws Lessing off. Fascists are big (grosso) and nasty (brutto). Their marching is like a goose's walking--excremental. The yellow may only work in English (cowardly), but I'm not sure.

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Talk:Roger Ebert

Two Thumbs Up/Copyright
It says that Roger Ebert retains the copyright to the phrase "Two Thumbs Up". This is factually incorrect. The phrase is too short and unoriginal to qualify for copyright protection. It MAY qualify for trademark protection, but this is unclear, and also unlikely as the phrase is now so common that it does not identify the original source and the population at large would not automatically associate this phrase with Roger Ebert. I suggest that the statement re copyright be struck altogether, although obviously the quote itself should stay, as Mr Ebert did say it many many times.

Possible rearrangement?
I think it might be better to organize quotes from Ebert's reviews by the title of the movie, under single subsection of the sourced quoutes, rather than by star ratings, but am not much concerned about the matter, and am just offering it as a suggestion to be considered. ~ Kalki 20:47, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

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Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4 1969), better known as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, actor, entrepreneur, businessman, investor, and philanthropist and is the current president and CEO of Roc-A-Fella Records and the former president and CEO of Def Jam. He is one the most financially successful American hip-hop artists.

Quotes

 * If you are having girl problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one, you think - this guy is talking about women, but I am not. I am not talking about women at all. In the first verse I am talking about the industry, magazines and radio. I am using that as a metaphor. And in the second verse I am talking about a K9, which is a female dog, which is a bitch. And then in the third verse I am talking about a guy trying to punk me. So I am not talking about a female at no time in that song. But if you just hear the record, 99 problems but a bitch ain't one, you'll think that I am talking about about women, but I am not, at no point in the song.
 * Jay-Z being interviewed by Charlie Rose 2/7/05

The Dynasty: Roc La Familia

 * Jay Hov about to change my name to Jay Peso but in a meantime called me William H though on a platinum Yamaha got the engine gunning throwing it up like liquor on an empty stomach.
 * Change the Game

Reasonable Doubt (1996)

 * There's heaven, then there's hell niggas One day your cruising in your 7 next day your sweatin forgettin your lies Alibis ain't matchin up, bullshit catchin up Hit with the rico, they repo your vehico' Everything was all good just a week ago 'Bout to start bitching ain't you? Ready to start snitching ain't you? I'll forgive your weak ass, hustling just ain't you Aside from the fast cars; honey's that shake they ass at bars you know you wouldn't be involved with the underworld dealers, carriers of Mac Miller East coast bodiers, west coast cap peelers Little monkey niggas turn gorillas
 * Dead Presidentz I

Reasonable Doubt (1996)

 * For nine six, the only mc wit a flu Yeah I rhyme sick I be what you tryin to do Made a fortune off Peru, expedite, china white heron Nigga please like short sleeves I bear arms.
 * Brooklyn's Finest

 * Hand gettin the mic. Forgettin all I ever knew, convenient amnesia. I suggest you call my lawyer, I know the procedure Lock my body, can't trap my mind easily, explains why we adapt to crime I'd rather die enormous than live dormant, that's how we on it.
 * Can I Live

 * Whoever said illegal was the easy way out couldn't understand The mechanics and the workings of the underworld, granted Nine to five is how to survive, I ain't trying to survive I'm trying to live it to the limit and love it a lot Life's ills poison my body I used to say Fuck mic skills, I never prayed to God, I prayed to Gotti That's right it's wicked, that's life, I live it Ain't asking for forgiveness for my sins
 * D'Evils

 * Even if it ain't sunny, hey, I ain't complaining I'm in the rain doing a buck 40, hydroplaning, what, shorty? (Where you disappear to, son?) Maintaining Putting myself in a position most of these rappers ain't in I'm living, the ill street blues got you hunger painin' Nothing to gain and a whole lot to lose, you still singing, fool I'm thorough, in every borough, my name be ringing
 * Feelin' It

The Blueprint (2001)

 * They say you can't turn a bad girl good But once a good girl's gone bad, she's gone forever
 * Song Cry

 * Hov' is back, life stories told through rap Niggas acting like I sold you crack Like I told you sell drugs; No, Hov did that so hopefully you won't have to go through that.
 * Izzo (H.O.V.A.)''

 * I sell ice in the winter, I sell fire in hell I am a hustler, baby, I'll sell water to a well
 * U Don't Know

 * 6 oohie, jewels dripping big tooly I ball for real: y'all niggas is Sam Bowie And with the third pick, I made the earth sick M.J., him Jay, fade away perfect.
 * Hola Hovito

 * Niggas pray and pray on my downfall But every time I hit the ground I bounce up like round ball.
 * ''Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)'

 * On repeat, the CD of B.I.G.'s 'Me and My Bitch' Watching Bonnie and Clyde, pretending to be that shit Empty gun in your hand saying, 'Let me see that clip' Shopping sprees, pull out your Visa quick A nigga had very bad credit, you helped me lease that whip You helped me get the keys to that V dot 6 We was so happy poor but when we got rich That's when our signals got crossed, and we got flipped.
 * Song Cry''

 * Motherfuckers say that I'm foolish I only talk about jewels Do you fools listen to music or do you just skim through it? See I'm influenced by the ghetto you ruined That same dude you gave nothing, I made something doing.
 * Renegade

The Black Album (2003)

 * Good-bye to the game all the spoils, the adrenaline rush Your blood boils, you in a spot knowin' cops could rush you in the drop, you so easy to touch No two days are alike, except the 1st and 15th pretty much And trust, is a word you seldom hear from us Hustlers, we don't sleep, we rest one eye up And a drought could define a man when the well dries up You learn the worth of water Without work you thirst 'til you die, yup!
 * December 4th

 * Music business hate me ‘cause the industry ain't make me Hustlers and boosters embrace me and the music I be making I dumbed down for my audience to double my dollars They criticized me for it, yet they all yell "holla" If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense But I did 5 mill' – I ain't been rhyming like Common since When your cents got that much in common And you been hustling since your inception Fuck perception! Go with what makes sense Since I know what I'm up against We as rappers must decide what's most important And I can't help the poor if I'm one of them So I got rich and gave back, to me that's the win/win So next time you see the homie and his rims spin Just know my mind is working just like them (rims, that is)
 * Moment of Clarity (move to the black album)

 * Now you know yo' ass is Willie when they got you in the mag for like half a billy, and yo' ass ain't lily white that mean that shit you write must be illy Either that or your flow is silly - it's both I don't mean to boast, but damn if I don't brag Them crackers gon' act like I ain't on they ass The Martha Stewart, that's far from Jewish Far from a Harvard student, just had the balls to do it
 * "What More Can I Say"

 * I'm not a biter, I'm a writer for myself and others / I say a B.I.G. verse, I'm only biggin' up my brother / Biggin' up my borough, I'm big enough to do it / I'm that thorough, plus I know my own flow is foolish / So them rings and things you sing about, bring 'em out / It's hard to yell when the bar-rell's in your mouth
 * What More Can I Say'What more Can I Say

 * Pop died, didn't cry, didn't know him that well / Between him doin' heroin and me doin' crack sales / With that in the eggshell, standin' at the tabernacle / Rather the church, pretendin' to be hurt - wouldn't work / So a smirk was all on my face / Like damn, that man's face is just like my face / So pop, I forgive you for all the shit that I lived through / It wasn't all your fault homey, you got caught
 * Moment of Clarity

 * If skills sold / Truth be told / I'd probably be / Lyricly / Talib Kweli / Truthfully I wanna rhyme like Common Sense / (But i did five Mil) / I ain't been rhymin like Common since -- When your sense got that much in common / And you been hustlin since / Your inception / Fuck perception / Go with what makes sense / Since / I know what I'm up against / We as rappers must decide what's most impor-tant
 * "Moment of Clarity",

 * I never asked for nothin' I don't demand of myself / Honesty, loyalty, friends and then wealth / Death before dishonor and I tell you what else / I tighten my belt 'fore I beg for help / Foolish pride is what held me together through the years / I wasn't felt which is why I ain't never played myself / I just play the hand I'm dealt, I can't say I've never knelt / Before God and asked for better cards at times to no avail / But I never sat back feelin sorry for myself / If you don't give me heaven I'll raise hell ('Til it's heaven)
 * Justify My Thug

 * If you're havin' girl problems I feel bad for you son / I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one.
 * 99 Problems

 * I’m already the GOAT, the next stop is the billie
 * “I Get Money Remix”

 * If you kill me you're famous, If I kill you, I’m brainless, What’s a nigga to do?
 * "Streets Is Watching"

 * I’ve got demons in my past so I’ve got daughters on the way, If the prophecy is correct then the child should have to pay, For the sins of the father so I barter my tomorrows against my yesterday’s In hopes that she’ll be okay
 * "Beach Chair"

 * No compass comes with this life, just eyes, so to map it out you must look inside, sure books could guide you but your heart defines you, chica
 * "Beach Chair"

The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002)

 * Rumor has it "The Blueprint" classic Couldn't even be stopped by Bin Laden So September 11th marks the era forever of a revolutionary Che Gueverra
 * The Bounce

 * A wise man told me don't argue with fools Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who
 * Takeover

Kingdom Come (2006)

 * I'm still here mon frere I know the cross I bear, They like, that's why they call you Hov? I'm like yea I'm like air, little shots go through me, won't tear One tissue no tears, no tissue not an issue
 * Dig a Hole

 * I heard motherfuckers saying they made Hov Made Hov say, "Ok so, make another Hov"
 * Lost Ones

 * While I'm watchin every nigga watchin me closely my shit is butter for the bread they wanna toast me I keep my head, both of them where they supposed to be Hoes'll get you sidetracked then clap from closed feet
 * "Can I Live"

 * But reality bites and this is her life / He wasn't really her husband though he called her wife / It was just this night, when the moon was full and the stars were just right and her dress was real tight / He had her sounding like Lisa Lisa / "Wonder if I take you home, will you still love me after this night" / Mike was the hard head from around the way / That she wanted all her life / Cause she wanted all the hype / She used to hold on tight when he wheelied on the bike / He was a Willie all her life / He wasn't really the one to like / There was a dude name Chi, who would really treat her right / He wanted to run to the country to escape the city life / But Isis, liked this, Broadway life / She loved the Gucci sneakers / The Red, Green and White / Hanging out the window when she first seen him fight / So turned on that she had to shower twice*
 * "Meet The Parents" - Blueprint 2 The Gift and The Curse (2002)

 * I guess it's just the need to be heard / I need niggas to say / I can't believe your words / I'm just an addict / Addicted to music / Thoughts is sporadic / I gotta un-confuse it / Sorta like a Rubik's Cube is / Every albums' a color / But I fuck up the other / Color / (laughs) I guess I'm more like / A bitch with a belly but her ass is right / (laughs) Y'all don't understand me still / I never enjoy my success but my family will / And I'm alright with that / So the rap Jerry Rice is back / To fulfill a need / Though I lead the league / I pray everyday I travel at God Speed / Not a minute slower cause the minute you Hova / Everybody praying for your spinach to slow up / It's sad but it's true / But nigga's ass gone turn blue / Holding' ya breath, cause the force that's controlling my step / Won't let me lose it till I'm undisputed / Until I'm one with the music / Till I'm dead and gone in search of the perfect song* -
 * "Addicted to the Game" - ''Blueprint 2 (Unreleased and Underground) (2002)

Late Registration (2005)

 * This ain't no tall order, this is nothin to me Difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week
 * Diamonds from Sierra Leone (note)

Paper Trail (2008)

 * ("No one on the corner") Got a bop like this Can't wear skinny jeans cause my knots don't fit No one on the corner got a pocket like this So I rock Roc jeans cause my knots so thick You can pay for school, but you can't buy class
 * Swagga Like Us

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)

 * With the same sword they knight you, they gon' good night you with Shit, that's only half if they like you That ain't even the half what they might do Don't believe me, ask Michael See Martin, see Malcolm See Biggie, see Pac, see success and its outcome See Jesus, see Judas See Caesar, see Brutus, see success is like suicide Suicide, it's a suicide If you succeed, prepare to be crucified Media meddles, niggas sue you, you settle Every step you take, they remind you you're ghetto So it's tough being Bobby Brown To be Bobby then, you have to be Bobby now And the question is, "Is to have had and lost Better than not having at all?
 * "Lost!'' by Coldplay Feat. Jay-Z (add note)

Theater of the Mind (2008)

 * Thank God for Cool Herc Without this shit I probably would’ve got murked Shout outs to Grandmaster Flash and the cash And even Jaz bum ass
 * Do It For Hip-Hop (note)

The Blueprint 3 (2009)

 * If Jeezy's payin' LeBron, I'm payin' Dwyane Wade Three dice Cee-lo, three Card Molly Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade Long live the King yo, I'm from the Empire State that's
 * Empire State of Mind

About Jay-Z

 * If you want to make more than Jay-Z, go do more than Jay-Z.
 * Dave Ramsey, in response to criticism of the rapper spending lavishly for a friend's birthday party, Jay-Z Spending $91,135 in One Night Shouldn't Make You Mad, The Dave Ramsey Show Feb 25, 2018, YouTube.com, quote at 13:06

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Stephen Colbert

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: keep. — Jeffq 18:14, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Stephen Colbert
No quotes. ~ UDScott 15:53, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: keep (3 Keeps; no dissent; article improved as suggested). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 18:14, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless quotes are added. ~ UDScott 15:53, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, now that quotes have been added. Thanks Silent Wind of Doom! ~ UDScott 13:07, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I just went in and added some quotes to get the ball rolling.  Hopefully there will be further expansion on the page of this wonderful comic actor.--Silent Wind of Doom 04:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I've reformatted based on WQ practices and added links. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:21, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.


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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Peter dinatale

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: delete. — Jeffq 19:26, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Peter dinatale
Not notable. ~ UDScott 18:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: delete (3 Deletes; 1 unserious Keep*; no other dissent). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:26, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * * Comment: 0waldo's vote, while legitimately signed, included another attempt to subvert the VfD process by disguising the vote as an edit for non-existent entry "SNAFU". He also continues to use VfD to advocate the irrelevant deletion of a user (reminiscent of Cato and the Carthaginians), supports articles that clearly violate policy, and in general be disruptive. I will not consider his votes to be serious unless and until he demonstrates that his involvement with Wikiquote is about Wikiquote and not about his own self-promotion and retaliation for his failure to justify his own quote article by Wikiquote standards. If members of the community disagree with my opinion and actions, they should comment at Administrators' noticeboard. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:26, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ UDScott 18:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability failure. jni 20:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless evidence of notability provided. No info on subject, no WP article, little if any Google presence. Suspect a high-school student vanity page. I've posted a vanity-warn notice on the editor's talk page. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 17:27, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * KEEP MUST KEEP THIS one ! Munchovie says NO DELETE. delete JNI and keep JEFFQ too. :) 0waldo 03:08, 27 January 2006 (UTC) P.S. this is my real vote that I am entitled to so I say KEEP.

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Long Dong Silver

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The result was: delete. — Jeffq 19:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Long Dong Silver
No quotes. ~ UDScott 21:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: delete (3 Deletes; no dissent; no quotes added). I will also delete the redirect to this article. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ UDScott 21:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless legitimate quotes are added. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 21:53, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless quotes provided. jni 20:14, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Rev. J. R. MacDonald

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The result was: delete. — Jeffq 07:09, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Rev. J. R. MacDonald
Not notable. ~ UDScott 14:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: delete (3 Deletes; no dissent). I removed the supposed MacDonald quotes from other articles as well. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:09, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless evidence of notability is found. I couldn't find much on anyone notable by this name. ~ UDScott 14:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless this person is identified and evidence of notability provided. If we decide to delete, we should also remove this person's supposed quotes from Quotations and Irrelevance. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 17:14, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per above reasoning. jni 20:14, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've just rolled back attempts by this article's anonymous creator to disguise the cited MacDonald quotes in "Quotations" and "Irrelevance" by changing their attributions to "anonymous". (The one in "Quotations" disappeared entirely because the rollback function wiped both the anon's edits.) I also note that a MacDonald quote has been added to Skepticism. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 23:27, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Adenosine triphosphate

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The result was: delete. — Jeffq 07:11, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Adenosine triphosphate
No quotes. ~ UDScott 12:50, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: delete (2 Deletes; no dissent; no response from creator). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:11, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ UDScott 12:50, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. It seems unlikely that we'll establish a collection of quotes on this admittedly important biological substance, but I'm prepared to be proven wrong. The way this brief description is written, and the name inexplicably attached to the end, makes me suspect that this may be a "quote" from a California middle-school student. If so, it fails a notability test. I've posted a note to the anon editor requesting more information. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 17:47, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Jarrod Hill

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The result was: delete. — Jeff Q (talk) 18:10, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Jarrod Hill
Not notable. ~ UDScott 15:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Vote closed. Result: delete (2 Deletes; no dissent). I've removed info from other articles and added 24.211.139.79's Alka-Seltzer quote to advertising slogans as described below as well. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 18:10, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless evidence of notability is presented. ~ UDScott 15:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless evidence of notability provided. If we delete, we need to remove his name from List of people by name and should probably remove all the Anonymous quotes he added as likely vanity quotes (although "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" could be moved to List of advertising slogans, as it's from Alka-Seltzer). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:27, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:131.173.252.29

~ Kalki 23:17, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

title: User talk:131.173.252.29


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User:NickBush24

My user profile on Wikipedia.

title: User:NickBush24