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“ I’m not just a whimsical figure who wears a charming suit and affects a jolly demeanor. You know, I I I’m a symbol. I’m a symbol of the human ability to be able to suppress the selfish and hateful tendencies that rule the major part of our lives. If you can’t believe, if you…
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““Are you tall? Are you short? Are your eyes blue? Are they brown? Don’t tell me. What does it matter so long as our minds meet?”- Miss Klara Novak in her letter to Mr Alfred Kralik “My heart was trembling as I walked into the post office and there you were, lying in box 237”…
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“When your head says one thing and your whole life says another, your head always loses.” – Frank McCloud Synopsis and Recommendation Directed by John Huston in 1948 and starring Humphrey Bogart, “Key Largo” is a crime noir film that follows a group of people who are suddenly hostages in a hotel by a group…
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“It’s much safer to be feared than loved” (p.66). – Niccolo Machiavelli Synopsis and Recommendation Written by Niccolo Machiavelli and published in 1432, The Prince is a political treatise that is considered one of the most famous, if not the most famous, book on politics ever written. Even if one has not heard of the…
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“The odd thing about this form of communication is that you’re more likely to talk about nothing than something. But I just want to say that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings.” – Kathleen Kelly, You’ve Got Mail Synopsis and Recommendation Directed by Nora Ephron and set in New…
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“But in the last resort, every shadow is also the child of light, and only those who have known the light and the dark, have seen war and peace, rise and fall, have truly lived their lives” – Stefan Zweig Synopsis and Recommendation Written by Stefan Zweig, “The World of Yesterday” is a memoir, not…
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Oh, my God! l love Josh. l am majorly, totally, butt crazy in love with Josh! – Cher Ugh, as if! – Cher You know you‘re gorgeous, all right? – Josh Synopsis and Recommendation Directed by Amy Heckerling and released in 1995, Clueless is one of the most iconic coming-of-age films of the late 20th…
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“Does it not strike you as odd that she should play so wonderfully, play Beethoven with such passion, and live so quietly?” Synopsis and Recommendation A room with a view, a novel written by E.M Forester and adapted into a film directed by James Ivory, follows the romance of Lucy Honeychurch and George Emerson as…
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As You Wish – Westley Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while. – Westley Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die – Inigo Montoya Bye bye boys! Have fun storming the castle! – Miracle Max INCONCEIVABLE! – Vizzini A book? –…
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I’ve had one motto which I’ve always lived by: Dignity. Always, dignity. – Dan Lockwood Oh, Donny, you couldn’t kiss me like that and not mean it just a teensy weensy bit. – Lina Lamont Meet the greatest actor in the world! I’d rather kiss a tarantula.- Don Lockwood Synopsis and Recommendation Directed by Gene…