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Regents of University of California v. Bakke · 1978
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · 1980
There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.
In Memoriam A.H.H. · 1850
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl · 2003
All punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil.
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation · 1789
In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
The Heart of the Matter · 1948
If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope · 1977
It is completely unimportant... That is why it is so interesting.
The Murder of Rogers Ackroyd · 1926
You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man.
Citizen Kane · 1941
Tao Te Ching · 400 BC
Man's Search for Meaning · 1946
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon · 2000
In many a piece of music, it's the pause or the rest that gives the piece its beauty and its shape.
The Art of Stillness · 2014
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again) · 1975
The first and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew.
Paradise Regained · 1671
It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · 1890