Speaker 1

Round 1- Speaker One

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." — 1984 (1984)

 "Fear is the mind-killer." — Dune (2021)

"You maniacs! You blew it up!"  — Planet of the Apes (1968)

Speaker 2

Round 1 – Speaker Two

“A person is smart. People are dumb."  — Men in Black (1997)

"There's always a lighthouse."  — BioShock Infinite (2013)

"Safety is a myth."  — Divergent (2014)

Speaker 3

Round 1 -  Speaker Three

"We are not things!"  — Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

"Mankind is the virus."  — The Matrix (1999)

"If we burn, you burn with us!"  — The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (2014)

Speaker 4

Round 1 – Speaker Four

"Control the coin, control the world."  — Snowpiercer (2013)

"I'm not a number; I’m a free man!"  — The Prisoner (1967)

"We’re all stories in the end."  — Doctor Who (2010)

Speaker 5

Round 1 – Speaker Five

"Survival is insufficient."  — Station Eleven (2021)

"Hope is dangerous."  — The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings."  — Transformers (2007)

Speaker 6

Round 1 – Speaker Six

"Power is in tearing human minds apart."  — 1984 (1984)

"Dreams betray you."  — Paprika (2006)

"Sanity is a prison."  — Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Speaker 7

Round 1 – Speaker Seven

"You are replaceable."  — Gattaca (1997)

"Silence is compliance."  — The Giver (2014)

"Order must be preserved."  — Snowpiercer (2013)

Speaker 1

Round 2- Speaker One

"You're fired!" — Donald Trump, The Apprentice

"Make it work!"  — Tim Gunn, Project Runway

"The tribe has spoken."  — Jeff Probst, Survivor

Speaker 2

Round 2 – Speaker Two

"I don’t like excuses." — Donald Trump, The Apprentice

"That was a hot mess."  — Simon Cowell, American Idol

"Bring your A-game."  — RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race

Speaker 3

Round 2 -  Speaker Three

"You need to be tougher." — Donald Trump, The Apprentice

"She’s not here for the right reasons."  — Various contestants, The Bachelor

"I’m not here to make friends."  — Multiple contestants, multiple shows

Speaker 4

Round 2 – Speaker Four

"I like your confidence, but not your results." — Donald Trump, The Apprentice

"I’m shooketh!"  — Alyssa Edwards, RuPaul’s Drag Race

"Expect the unexpected."  — Julie Chen, Big Brother

Speaker 5

Round 2 – Speaker Five

"Always take responsibility." — Donald Trump, The Apprentice

"You have to believe in yourself."  — Tyra Banks, America’s Next Top Model

"It’s time to sashay away."  — RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race

Speaker 6

Round 2 – Speaker Six

"Success requires hard work and smart decisions." — Donald Trump, The Apprentice

"Fake it till you make it."  — Multiple contestants, multiple shows

"That’s so cringe."  — Paris Hilton, The Simple Life

Speaker 7

Round 2 – Speaker Seven

"It’s not personal; it’s business."  — Donald Trump, The Apprentice

"I have one word: fierce!"  — Christian Siriano, Project Runway

"Here for a good time, not a long time."  — Multiple contestants, The Bachelor

Speaker 1

Senior Semifinals - Speaker One

"I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her." — Notting Hill (1999)

"When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth."  — Dawn of the Dead (1978)

"Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it’s the moments that take your breath away." — Hitch (2005)

Speaker 2

Senior Semifinals – Speaker Two

"You make me want to be a better man." — As Good as It Gets (1997)

"Sometimes dead is better."  — Pet Sematary (1989)

"Why me?" "Because you saw me when I was invisible." — The Princess Diaries (2001)

Speaker 3

Senior Semifinals -  Speaker Three

"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you start now." — When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

"We have such sights to show you."  — Hellraiser (1987)

"I hate it, but I love it."  — How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

Speaker 4

Senior Semifinals – Speaker Four

"I wish I knew how to quit you." — Brokeback Mountain (2005)

"In space, no one can hear you scream."  — Alien (1979)

"Every time I see you, it takes my breath away." — Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

Speaker 5

Senior Semifinals – Speaker Five

"Is it still raining? I hadn’t noticed."  — Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

"I’m scared to close my eyes, I’m scared to open them." — The Blair Witch Project (1999)

"I wanted it to be you so badly." — You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Speaker 6

Senior Semifinals – Speaker Six

"I think I’d miss you even if we’d never met." — The Wedding Date (2005)

"Whatever you do, don’t fall asleep."  — A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

"It’s not who you want to spend Friday night with, it’s who you want all day Saturday." — Friends with Benefits (2011)

Speaker 7

Senior Semifinals – Speaker Seven

"Nobody puts Baby in a corner."  — Dirty Dancing (1987)

"We all go a little mad sometimes."  — Psycho (1960)

"You’re everything I never knew I always wanted." — Fools Rush In (1997)

Speaker 1

Round 1- Speaker One

"The buck stops here."  — Harry S. Truman

"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."  — Abraham Lincoln

"The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion." — Thomas Paine

Speaker 2

Round 1 – Speaker Two

"Tear down this wall!"  — Ronald Reagan

"Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means." — Ronald Reagan

"Politics is war without bloodshed."  — Mao Zedong

Speaker 3

Round 1 -  Speaker Three

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists."  — Lao Tzu

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction."  — Ronald Reagan

"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."  — George Bernard Shaw

Speaker 4

Round 1 – Speaker Four

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."  — Mahatma Gandhi

"Let us never negotiate out of fear."  — John F. Kennedy

"We are not makers of history; we are made by history."  — Martin Luther King Jr.

Speaker 5

Round 1 – Speaker Five

"Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men."  — John F. Kennedy

"Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise."  — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." — Winston Churchill

Speaker 6

Round 1 – Speaker Six

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, you are a leader."  — John Quincy Adams

"Better to die standing than live on your knees."  — Emiliano Zapata

"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they’ll never sit in." — Greek proverb

Speaker 7

Round 1 – Speaker Seven

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."  — John F. Kennedy

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight."  — Dwight D. Eisenhower

“A single spark can start a prairie fire." — Mao Zedong