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"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here... this is the War Room!"
- Dr. Strangelove (1964)
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"Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."
- Dead Poets Society (1989)
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"They may take our lives... but they'll never take our freedom!"
- Braveheart (1995)
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