Speaker 1

1. “Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just hope I find it along the way.” – Michael Scott, Season 5, “The Duel”

2. "A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy’s shoulders to let him know the world hadn’t ended." The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

3. “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

Speaker 2

1. “I talk a lot, so I’ve learned to tune myself out.” – Kelly Kapoor, Season 7, “Counseling”

2. "Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it's contained." The Hunger Games (2012)

3. “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

Speaker 3

1. “Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.” – Michael Scott, Season 2, “The Fight”

2. "Well, I don't want to survive. I want to live." 12 Years A Slave (2012)

3. “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” — Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Speaker 4

1. “I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.” – Michael Scott, Season 4, “Fun Run”

2. "The hardest choices require the strongest wills." Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

3. “This above all: To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Speaker 5

1. “If I don’t have some cake soon, I might die.” – Stanley Hudson, Season 4, “Survivor Man”

2. "Hardest time to lie to somebody is when they’re expecting to be lied to." The Imitation Game (2014)

3. “We accept the love we think we deserve.” ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Speaker 6

1. “I am running away from my responsibilities. And it feels good.” – Michael Scott, Season 4, “Money”

2.  "Assume everyone will betray you, and you will never be disappointed." Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

3.  “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

Speaker 7

1. “I just want to lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.” – Kevin Malone, Season 3, “Beach Games”

2. "You don’t need everyone to love you, Phin. Just a few good people." The Greatest Showman (2017)

3. “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”  — George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four

Speaker 1

Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. --Gerard De Nerval
It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me. --Barry Goldwater
Forgotten is forgiven. --F. Scott Fitzgerald

Speaker 2

Experience is the only prophecy of wise men. --Alphonse de Lamartine
Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. --George Orwell
Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that's down can come up. --George Burns

Speaker 3

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart. --Arthur Erickson
Travel is glamorous only in retrospect. --Paul Theroux
The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. --Edmund Burke

Speaker 4

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness. --Leon Kass
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. --Margaret Cho
Education comes from within you get it by struggle and effort and thought. --Napoleon Hill

Speaker 5

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. --Oliver Herford
Some people are so afraid do die that they never begin to live. --Henry Van Dyke
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. --Albert Einstein

Speaker 6

I've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance. --Robert Plant
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. --Andy Rooney
Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth. --Blaise Pascal

Speaker 7

Ah, reality TV: where opportunists delight in exposing opportunism! It's kind of like the indie music scene. --Diablo Cody
You get educated by traveling. --Solange Knowles
The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature. --William Hazlitt

Speaker 1

1. "Nothing ever seems impossible in spring, you know."  L.M. Montgomery

2. Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. Richard Armour

3. Nike – Just Do It.

Speaker 2

1. "I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather that God has to offer." Dodie Smith

2. Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal. Aristotle

3. Apple – Think Different.

Speaker 3

1. "Spring is when life's alive in everything." Christina Rosetti

2. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. - Winston Churchill

3. L'Oreal – Because You're Worth It.

Speaker 4

1. "Spring flowers are nature's most fragrant charms." Angie Weiland-Crosby

2. In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. Franklin D. Roosevelt3.

3. De Beers – A Diamond is Forever.

Speaker 5

1. "When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest." Ernest Hemingway

2. An empty stomach is not a good political advisor. Albert Einstein

3. General Electric: "Imagination at Work."

Speaker 6

1. "You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming." Pablo Neruda

2. We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. Martin L. Gross

3. Meow Mix: 'Tastes So Good, Cats Ask for It By Name'

Speaker 7

1. "The deep roots never doubt spring will come." Marty Rubin

2. Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. Ernest Benn

3. State Farm: 'Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There'

Speaker 1

1. You go out to dinner at a new restaurant you have not frequented before. It is in a part of town you rarely visit. You are shocked to see your best friend’s spouse having dinner with a very young, attractive person. From the way they are behaving, it is obvious they are more than friends. The couple finish their meal and leave without seeing you. They behave very affectionately on the way out the door. What would you do and why? 

2. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

3. It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich. --Alan Alda

Speaker 2

1. Your friend offers you an opportunity to make a great deal of money very quickly. He has arranged to set up an off-shore account for your profits. He will not tell you exactly how he is making this money, but you get the impression it is not exactly legal. He only wants an investment of $500 and promises you will have enough from your minimal investment that you will never need to work again. What would you do and why?

2. A man is known by his friends

3. Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. --Winston Churchill

Speaker 3

1. Your friend tells you that they committed a crime. They explain that they are having trouble sleeping at night and feel you are the only one they can trust with their confession. A few days later, you read in the paper that someone has been arrested for your friend’s crime. What would you do and why?

2. A rising tide lifts all boats 

3. If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer. --Rob Corddry

Speaker 4

1. Your teenager has had a rough few years. First came an arrest for shoplifting a candy bar. Then your teen was with some friends who were smoking pot and driving too fast. Your teen has promised they are turning over a new leaf and seem to be on the right track. Now you get a call from the local police station saying your son was with a group of kids who broke into a liquor store and stole beer.  What would you do and why? 

2. A trouble shared is a trouble halved

3. The friendship that can cease has never been real. --St. Jerome

Speaker 5

1. One of the newest salespeople in your division is a real goof-off, never showing up for work on time, distracting other people with his antics and so on. You complain about him to your boss, who tells you the kid is the son of the company president. Your boss instructs you not only to leave the new guy alone but also to make his sales numbers look good by throwing him some no-brainer accounts. What do you do and why?

2. After a storm comes a calm

3. My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past. --Hugh Leonard

Speaker 6

1. Your apartment was burglarized, and many things were stolen, including a television in your living room. That television, however, had been broken down, irreparably, and was worthless—you just haven’t had the time or money to replace it. Luckily you have renter’s insurance to cover your losses. Do you include the television in your insurance claim? What would you do and why?

2. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

3. Opinions are made to be changed - or how is truth to be got at? --Lord Byron