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Betrayal
The Barbarian Invasions
Hustle & Flow
My Life as a Dog
Aimée & Jaguar
Crossing Delancey
Norman Lear's "The Powers That Be"
Anything by Roger Schank
Spalding Gray
JENNY HOLZER
TRUISMS 1979-1983
1) A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE CAN GO A LONG WAY
2) A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS
3) A MAN CAN'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A MOTHER
4) A NAME MEANS A LOT JUST BY ITSELF
5) A POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
6) A RELAXED MAN IS NOT NECESSARILY A BETTER MAN
7) A SENSE OF TIMING IS THE MARK OF A GENIUS
8) A SINCERE EFFORT IS ALL YOU CAN ASK
9) A SINGLE EVENT CAN HAVE INFINITELY MANY INTERPRETATIONS
10) A SOLID HOME BASE BUILDS A SENSE OF SELF
11) A STRONG SENSE OF DUTY IMPRISONS YOU
12) ABSOLUTE SUBMISSION CAN BE A FORM OF FREEDOM
13) ABSTRACTION IS A TYPE OF DECADENCE
14) ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE
15) ACTION CAUSES MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT
16) ALIENATION PROCUES ECCENTRICS OR REVOLUTIONARIES
17) ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED
18) AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
19) AMBIVALENCE CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE
20) AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE
21) ANGER OR HATE CAN BE A USEFUL MOTIVATIVING FORCE
22) ANIMALISM IS PERFECTLY HEALTHY
23) ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL
24) ANYTHING IS A LEGITIMATE AREA OF IN VESTIGATION
25) ARTIFICIAL DESIRES ARE DESPOILING THE EARTH
26) AT TIMES INACTIVITY IS PREFERABLE TO MINDLESS FUNCTIONING
27) AT TIMES YOUR UNCONSCIOUS IS TRUER THAN YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND
28) AUTOMATION IS DEADLY
29) AWFUL PUNISHMENT AWAITS REALLY BAD PEOPLE
30) BAD INTENTIONS CAN YIELD GOOD RESULTS
31) BEING ALONE WITH YOURSELF IS INCREASINGLY UNPOPULAR
32) BEING HAPPY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE
33) BEING HONEST IS NOT ALWAYS THE KINDEST WAY
34) BEING JUDGEMENTAL IS A SIGN OF LIFE
35) BEING SURE OF YOURSELF MEANS YOU'RE A FOOL
36) BELIEVING IN REBIRTH IS THE SAME AS ADMITTING DEFEAT
37) BOREDOM MAKES YOU DO CRAZY THINGS
38) CALM IS MORE CONDUCIVE TO CREATIVITY THAN IS ANXIETY
39) CATERGORIZING FEAR IS CALMING
40) CHANGE IS VALUABLE WHEN YHE OPRESSED BECOME THE TYRANTS
41) CHASING THE NEW IS DANGEROUS TO SOCIETY
42) CHILDREN ARE THE CRUELEST OF ALL
43) CHILDREN ARE THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE
44) CLASS ACTION IS A NICE IDEA WITH NO SUBSTANCE
45) CLASS STRUCTIURE IS AS ARTIFICIAL AS PLASTIC
46) CONFUSING YOURSELF IS A WAY TO STAY HONEST
47) CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY IS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT
48) DECADENCE CAN BE AN END IN ITSELF
49) DECENY IS A RELATIVE THING
50) DEPENDENCE CAN BE A MEAL TICKET
51) DESCRIPTION IS MORE VALUABLE THAN METAPHOR
52) DEVIANTS ARE SACRIFICED TO INCREASE GROUP SOLIDARITY
53) DISGUST IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO MOSE SITUATIONS
54) DISORGANIZATION IS A KIND OF ANESTHESIA
55) DON'T PLACE TOO MUCH TRUST IN EXPERTS
56) DON'T RUIN PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR THEM
57) DRAMA OFTEN OBSCURES THE REAL ISSUES
58) DREAMING WHILE AWAKE IS A FRIGHTENING CONTRADICTION
59) DYING AND COMING BACK GIVES YOU CONSIDERABLE PERSPECTIVE
60) DYING SHOULD BE EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG
61) EATING TOO MUCH IS CRIMINAL
62) ELABORATION IS A FORM OF POLLUTION
63) EMOTIONAL RESPONSES ARE AS VAULABLE AS INTELLECTUAL RESPONSES
64) ENJOY YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING ANYWAY
65) ENSURE THAT YOUR LIFE STAYS IS FLUX
66) EVEN YOUR FAMILY CAN BETRAY YOU
67) EVERY ACHIEVMENT REQUIRES A SACRIFICE
68) EVERYONE'S WORK IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT
69) EVERYTHING THAT'S INTERESTING IS NEW
70) EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE DESERVE SPECIAL CONSESSIONS
71) EXPIRING FOR LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL BUT STUPID
72) EXPRESSING ANGER IS NECESSARY
73) EXTREME BEHAVIOR HAS ITS BASIS IN PATHOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
74) EXTREME SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS LEADS TO PERVERSION
75) FAITHFULNESS IS A SOCIAL NOT A BIOLOGICAL LAW
76) FAKE OR REAL INDIFFERENCE IS A POWERFUL PERSONAL WEAPON
77) FATHERS OFTEN USE TOO MUCH FORCE
78) FEAR IS TEH GREATEST INCAPACITATOR
79) FREEDOM IS A LUXURY NOT A NECESSITY
80) GIVING FREE REIN TO YOUR EMOTIONS IS AN HONEST WAY TO LIVE
81) GO ALL OUT IN ROMANCE AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY
82) GOING WITH THE FLOW IS SOOTHING BUT RISKY
83) GOOD DEEDS EVENTUALLY ARE REWARDED
84) GOVERNMENT IS A BURDEN ON THE PEOPLE
85) GRASS ROOTS AGITATION IS THE ONLY HOPE
86) GUILT AND SELF-LACERATION ARE INDULGENCES
87) HABITUAL CONTEMPT DOESN'T REFLECT A FINER SENSIBILITY
88) HIDING YOUR MOTIVES IS DESPICABLE
89) HOLDING BACK PROTECTS YOUR VITAL ENERGIES
90) HUMANISM IS OBSELETE
91) HUMOR IS A RELEASE
92) IDEALS ARE REPLACED BY CONVENTIONAL GOALS AT A CERTAIN AGE
93) IF YOU AREN'T POLITICAL YOUR PERSONAL LIFE SHOULD BE EXEMPLARY
94) IF YOU CAN'T LEAVE YOUR MARK GIVE UP
95) IF YOU HAVE MANY DESIRES LIFE WILL BE INTERESTING
96) IF YOU LIVE SIMPLY THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT
97) IGNORING ENEMIES IS THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT
98) ILLNESS IS A STATE OF MIND
99) IMPOSING ORDER IS MAN'S VOCATION FOR CHAOS IS HELL
100) IN SOME INSTANCES IT'S BETTER TO DIE THAN TO CONTINUE
101) INHERITANCE MUST BE ABOLISHED
102) IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT
103) IT IS HEROICE TO TRY TO STOP TIME
104) IT IS MAN'S FATE TO OUTSMART HIMSELF
105) IT'S A GIFT TO THE WORLD NO TO HAVE BABIES
106) IT'S BETTER TO BE A GOOD PERSON THAN A FAMOUS PERSON
107) IT'S BETTER TO BE LONELY THAN TO BE WITH INFERIOR PEOPLE
108) IT'S BETTER TO BE NAIVE THAN JADED
109) IT'S BETTER TO STUDY THE LIVING TFACT THAN TO ANALYZE HISTORY
110) IT'S CRUCIAL TO HAVE AN ACTIVE FANTASY LIFE
111) IT'S GOOD TO GIVE EXTRA MONEY TO CHARITY
112) IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAY CLEAN ON ALL LEVELS
113) IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO RECONCILE YOUR HEART AND HEAD
114) IT'S JUST AN ACCIDENT YOUR PARENTS ARE YOUR PARENTS
115) IT'S NOT GOOD TO HOLD TOO MANY ABSOLUTES
116) IT'S NOT GOOD TO OPERATE ON CREDIT
117) IT'S VITAL TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE
118) JUST BELIEVING SOMETHING CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN
119) KEEP SOMETHING IN RESERVE FOR EMERGENCIES
120) KILLING IS UNAVOIDABLE BUT IS NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF
121) KNOWING YOURSELF LETS YOU UNDERSTAND OTHERS
122) KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE ADVANCED AT ALL COSTS
123) LABOR IS A LIFE DESTROYING ACTIVITY
124) LACK OF CHARISMA CAN BE FATAL
125) LEARN THING FROM THE GROUND UP
126) LEARN TO TRUST YOUR OWN EYES
127) LEISURE TIME IS A GIGANTIC SMOKESCREEN
128) LETTING GO IS THE HARDEST THING TO DO
129) LISTEN WHEN YOUR BODY TALKS
130) LOOKING BACK IS THE FIRST SIGN OF AGING AND DECAY
131) LOVING ANIMALS IS A SUBSITUTE ACTIVITY
132) LOW EXPECTATIONS ARE GOOD PROTECTION
133) MANUAL LABOR CAN BE REFRESHING AND WHOLESOME
134) MEN ARE NOT MONOGAMOUS BY NATURE
135) MODERATION KILLS THE SPIRIT
136) MONEY CREATES TASTE
137) MONOMANIA IS A PREREQUISITE OF SUCCESS
138) MORALS ARE FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
139) MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT FIT TO RULE THEMSELVES
140) MOSTLY YOU SHOULD MIND YOUR OWN BUISNESS
141) MOTHERS SHOULDN'T MAKE TOO MANY SACRIFICES
142) MUCH WAS DECIDED BEFORE YOU WHERE BORN
143) MURDER HAS ITS SEXUAL SIDE
144) MYTHS MAKE REALITY MORE INTELLIGIBLE
145) NOISE CAN BE HOSTILE
146) NOTHING UPSETS THE BALANCE OF GOOD AND EVIL
147) OCCASIONALLY PRINCIPLES ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN PEOPLE
148) OFFER VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
149) OFTEN YOU SHOULD ACT LIKE UOU ARE SEXLESS
150) OLD FRIENDS ARE BETTER LEFT IN THE PAST
151) OPACITY IS AN IRRESISTIBLE CHALLENGE
152) PAIN CAN BE A VERY POSITIVE THING
153) PEOPLE ARE BORING UNLESS THEY ARE EXTREMISTS
154) PEOPLE ARE NUTS IF THEY THINK THEY ARE IMPORTANT
155) PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY DO UNLESS THEY'RE INSANE
156) PEOPLE WHO DON'T WORK WITH THEIR HANDS ARE PARASITES
157) PEOPLE GO CRAZY ARE TOO SENSITIVE
158) PEOPLE WON'T BEHAVE IF THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE
159) PHYSICAL CULTURE IS SECOND-BEST
160) PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IS ESCAPISM
161) PLAYING IT SAFE CAN CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE IN THE LONG RUN
162) POLITICS IS USED FOR PERSONAL GAIN
163) POTENTIAL COUNTS FOR NOTHING UNTIL IT'S REALIZED
164) PRESENTATION IS AS IMPORTANT AS CONTENT
165) PURSUING PLEASURE FOR THE SAKE OF PLEASURE WILL RUIN YOU
166) PUSH YOURSELF TO THE LIMIT AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE
167) RAISE BOYS AND GIRLS THE SAME WAY
168) RANDOM MATING IS GOOD FOR DEBUNKING SEX MYTHS
169) RECHANNELING DESTRUCTIVE IMPULSES IS A SIGN OF MATURITY
170) RECLUSES ALWAYS GET WEAK
171) REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH IS IMPERATIVE
172) REALITIVITY IS NO BOON TO MANKIND
173) RELIGION CAUSES AS MANY PROBLEMS AS IT SOLVES
174) REMEMBER YOU ALWAYS HAVE FREEDOM OF CHOICE
175) REPITITION IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN
176) RESOLUTIONS SERVE TO EASE YOUR CONSCIENCE
177) REVOLUTION BEGINS WITH THE CHANGES IN THE INDIVIDUAL
178) ROMANTIC LOVE WAS INVENTED TO MANIPULATE WOMEN
179) ROUTINE IS A LINK WITH THE PAST
180) ROUTINE SMALL EXCESSES ARE WORSE THAN THE OCCASIONAL EBAUCH
181) SACRIFICING YOURSELF FOR A BAD CAUSE IS NOT A MORAL ACT
182) SALVATION CAN'T BE BOUGHT AND SOLD
183) SELF-AWARENESS CAN BE CRIPPLING
184) SELF-CONTEMPT CAN DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD
185) SELFISHNESS IS THE MOST BASIC MOTIVATION
186) SELFLESSNESS IS THE HIGHEST ACHIEVMENT
187) SEPRATISM IS THE WAY TO A NEW BEGINNING
188) SEX DIFFERENCES ARE HERE TO STAY
189) SIN IS A MEANS OF SOCIAL CONTROL
190) SLIPPING INTO MADNESS IS GOOD FOR THE SAKE OF COMPARISON
191) SLOPPY THINKING GETS WORSE OVER TIME
192) SOLITUDE IS ENRICHING
193) SOME STONES ARE BETTER LEFT UNTURNED
194) SOME WOUNDS NEVER HEAL
195) SOMETIMES ALL YOU CAN DO IS LOOK THE OTHER WAY
196) SOMETIMES SCIENCE ADVANCES FASTER THAN IT SHOULD
197) SOMETIMES THINGS SEEMS TO HAPPEN OF THEIR OWN ACCORD
198) SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT IS ANTI-SOCIAL
199) STARVATION IS NATURE'S WAY
200) STATIS IS A DREAM STATE
201) STERLIZATION IS THE WEAPON OF THE RULERS
202) STRONG EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT STEMS FROM BASIC INSECURITY
203) STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BREED
204) SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST APPLIES TO MEN AND ANIMALS
205) SYMBOLS ARE MORE MEANINGFUL THAN THINGS THEMSELVES
206) TAKING A STRONG STAND PUBLICIZES THE OPPOSITE POSITION
207) TALKING IS USED TO HIDE ONE'S INABILITY TO ACT
208) TEASING PEOPLE SEXUALLY CAN HAVE UGLY CONSEQUENCES
209) TECHNOLOGY WILL MAKE OR BREAK US
210) THE CRUELEST DISAPPOINTMENT IS WHEN YOU LET YOURSELF DOWN
211) THE DESIRE TO REPRODUCE IS A DEATH WISH
212) THE FAMILY IS LIVING ON BORROWED TIME
213) THE IDEA OF REVOLUTION IS AN ADOLESCENT FANTASY
214) THE IDEA OF TRANSCENDENCE IS USED TO OBSCURE OPPRESSION
215) THE IDIOSYNCRATIC HAS LOST ITS AUTHORITY
216) THE LAND BELONGS TO NO ONE
217) THE MORE YOU KNOW THE BETTER YOU ARE
218) THE MOST PROFOUND THINGS ARE INEXPRESSIBLE
219) THE MUNDANE IS TO BE CHERISHED
220) THE NEW IS NOTHING BUT A RESTATEMENT OF THE OLD
221) THE ONLY WAY TO BE PURE IS TO STAY YOURSELF
222) THE SUM OF ALL YOUR ACTIONS DETERMINES WHAT YOU ARE
223) THE UNATTAINABLE INVARIABLE IS ATTRACTIVE
224) THE WORLD OPERATES ACCORDING TO DISCOVERABLE LAWS
225) THERE ARE TOO FEW IMMUTABLE TRUTHS TODAY
226) THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN INFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA
227) THERE'S NO SENSE BEING ANYWHERE BUT THE TOP OF THE HEAP
228) THERE'S NOTHING EXCEPT WHAT YOU SENSE
229) THERE'S NOTHING REDEEMING IN TOIL
230) THINKING TOO MUCH CAN ONLY CAUSE PROBLEMS
231) THREATENING SOMEONE SEXUALLY IS A HORRIBLE ACT
232) TIMIDITY IS LAUGHABLE
233) TO DISAGREE PRESUPPOSES MORAL INTREGRITY
234) TO VOLUNTEER IS REACTIONARY
235) TORTURE IS BARBARIC
236) TRADING A LIFE FOR A LIFE IS FAIR ENOUGH
237) TRUE FREEDOM IS FRIGHTFUL
238) UNIQUE THINGS MUST BE THE MOST VALUABLE
239) UNQUESTIONING LOVE DEMONSTRATES THE LARGESSE OF SPIRIT
240) USING FORCE TO STOP FORCE IS ABSURD
241) VIOLENCE IS PERMISSIBLE EVEN DESIRABLE OCCASIONALLY
242) WAR IS THE PURIFICATION RITE
243) WE MUST MAKE SACRIFICES TO MAINTAIN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE
244) WHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS PEOPLE WAKE UP
245) WISHING THINGS AWAY IS NOT EFFECTIVE
246) WITH PERSEVERANCE YOU CAN DISCOVER ANY TRUTH
247) WORDS TEND TO BE INADEQUATE
248) WORRYING CAN HELP YOU PREPARE
249) YOU ARE A VICTIM OF THE RULES YOU LIVE BY
250) YOU ARE GUIELESS IN YOUR DREAMS
251) YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTITUTING THE MEANING OF THINGS
252) YOU ARE THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
253) YOU CAN LIVE THROUGH YOUR DESCENDANTS
254) YOU CAN NEVER OUTRUN YOURSELF
255) YOU CAN PULL YOURSELF OUT OF ANY HOLE
256) YOU CAN'T EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT
257) YOU CAN'T FOOL OTHERS IF YOU'RE FOOLING YOURSELF
258) YOU DIG YOUR OWN GRAVE
259) YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WHAT UNTIL YOU SUPPORT YOURSELF
260) YOU GET THE FACE YOU DESERVE
261) YOU HAVE TO HURT OTHERS TO BE EXTRODINARY
262) YOU MUST BE INTIMATE WITH A TOKEN FEW
263) YOU MUST DISAGREE WITH AUTHORITY FIGURES
264) YOU MUST HAVE ONE GRAND PASSION
265) YOU MUST KNOW WHERE YOU STOP AND THE WORLD BEGINS
266) YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT PEOPLE REALLY THINK ABOUT YOU
267) YOU ONLY CAN UNDERSTAND SOMEONE OF YOUR OWN SEX
268) YOU OWN THE WORLD NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND
269) YOU SHOULD TRAVEL LIGHT
270) YOU SHOULD STUDY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
271) YOUR ACTIONS ARE POINTLESS IF NO ONE NOTICES
272) YOUR OLDEST FEARS ARE THE WORST ONES