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"And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die."

Source: Genesis 3:3 | Speaker: Eve

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

Source: And the Mountains Echoed | Author: Khaled Hosseini

"Do you believe in miracles?"

Source: 1980 Winter Olympics | Speaker: Al Michaels

"Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer…"

Source: "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" | Speaker: Vicki Lawrence

"Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement."

Source: Henry Ford's Marketing Team | Speaker: Henry Ford

"Everyone keeps saying that. It must be a conspiracy."

Source: Jessica Jones | Speaker: Jessica Jones

"Go west."

Source: Go West | Speaker: The Village People

"God doesn't play dice with the world."

Source: Einstein and the Poet: In Search of the Cosmic Man | Speaker: Albert Einstein

"I am big. It's the pictures that got small."

Source: Sunset Boulevard | Speaker: Norma Desmond

"I do not like them in a box. I do not like them with a fox."

Source: Green Eggs and Ham | Author: Dr. Seuss

"I have a dream"

Source: "I Have a Dream" Speech | Speaker: Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I know who I want to take me home"

Source: "Closing Time" | Speaker: Semisonic

"I'm going back to the start"

Source: "Scientist" | Speaker: Coldplay

"If you change your mind, I'm the first in line. Honey, I'm still free, take a chance on me."

Source: Take a Chance on Me | Speaker: ABBA

"It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma."

Source: BBC Radio Broadcast | Speaker: Winston Churchill

"Let's go home, Debbie."

Source: The Searchers | Speaker: Ethan Edwards

"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"

Source: White Heat | Speaker: Cody Jarrett

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."

Source: Casablanca | Speaker: Rick Blaine

"Oh, the things you can find if you don't stay behind!"

Source: On Beyond Zebra! | Author: Dr. Seuss

"Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind."

Source: The Phantom of the Opera (1986 Musical) | Speaker: The Phantom

"Shall we play a game?"

Source: WarGames | Speaker: WOPR/Joshua

"Shut up and deal."

Source: The Apartment | Speaker: Fran Kubelik

"So you wanna play with magic?"

Source: "Dark Horse" | Speaker: Katy Perry

"The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day."

Source: The Cat in the Hat | Author: Dr. Seuss

"There is no one alive that is you-er than you!"

Source: Happy Birthday to You! | Author: Dr. Seuss

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."

Source: The Road Not Taken | Author: Robert Frost

"Vegas, baby, Vegas!"

Source: Swingers | Speaker: Trent Walker

"We don't need no badges."

Source: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Speaker: Dobbs

"When you're reaching for a star, there's a long way to fall."

Source: Roxanne | Speaker: C.D. Bales

"Where are you going in those Keds?"

Source: Girls | Speaker: Charlie Dattolo and Ray Ploshansky

"Who can it be now?"

Source: "Who Can It Be Now?" | Speaker: Men at Work

"Why don't you come up sometime and see me?"

Source: She Done Him Wrong | Speaker: Lady Lou

"You think I'm licked. You all think I'm licked. Well, I'm not licked."

Source: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Speaker: Jefferson Smith

"You're so money and you don't even know it."

Source: Swingers | Speaker: Trent Walker