Speaker 1

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 1 - Speaker 1

1. “Science is more about learning how to think than memorizing facts.” — Carl Sagan

2. “Justice is not fixed; it depends on laws, institutions, and how people treat each other.” — John Rawls

3. “Culture is a place where ideas and power fight over meaning.” — Stuart Hall

Speaker 2

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 1 - Speaker 2

1. “People are influenced by both reason and unconscious forces, and by the groups around them.” — Sigmund Freud

2. “Knowledge is never neutral; it always depends on who is producing it and why.” — Donna Haraway

3. “Language doesn’t just communicate ideas — it shapes how we think.” — Noam Chomsky

Speaker 3

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 1 - Speaker 3

1. “History is not just facts; it’s how we interpret and understand the past.” — E.H. Carr

2. “Inequality continues because society makes it seem normal.” — Pierre Bourdieu

3. “Ethics is not rules; it’s paying attention to how our actions affect others.” — Alasdair MacIntyre

Speaker 4

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 1 - Speaker 4

1. “Memory is not exact; it is built from imagination and reconstruction.” — Elizabeth Loftus

2. “Education either reinforces inequality or helps people question it.” — Paulo Freire

3. “Cities are political — who controls space shapes how people live.” — Henri Lefebvre

Speaker 5

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 1 - Speaker 5

1. “Technology changes not just what we do, but how we think and see the world.” — Marshall McLuhan

2. “The environment affects us, and we affect it — it’s an active system, not just a backdrop.” — Bruno Latour

3. “Emotions are shaped by society and rules, not just by our feelings.” — Arlie Hochschild

Speaker 6

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 1 - Speaker 6

1. “Democracy is more than majority rule; it’s about listening and negotiating between different voices.” — Robert Dahl

2. “Art doesn’t just copy reality; it helps us see it in new ways.” — John Dewey

3. “Thinking depends on the body and the environment, not just the brain.” — George Lakoff

Speaker 7

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 1 - Speaker 7

1. “Power works not only by force, but by shaping norms and what people believe.” — Michel Foucault

2. “Globalization is more than trade; it changes culture, politics, and the environment.” — Arjun Appadurai

3. “Mathematics is a tool humans invented to understand and imagine the world.” — Katherine Johnson

Speaker 1

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 2 - Speaker 1

1. “Whoever established the high road and how high it should be should be fired.” — Sandra Bullock 

2. “Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?” — Robin Williams 

3. “Don’t be so humble — you're not that great.” ― Golda Meir

Speaker 2

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 2 - Speaker 2

1. “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” ― Oscar Wilde

2. “Instant gratification takes too long.” ― Carrie Fisher

3. “People say that money is not the key to happiness, but I always figured if you have enough money, you can have a key made.” — Joan Rivers

Speaker 3

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 2 - Speaker 3

1. “The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.” ― George Carlin

2. “Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are.” — Will Ferrell

3. "when all else fails there's always delusion" - Conan O'brien

Speaker 4

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 2 - Speaker 4

1. "Contrary to popular belief, I know exactly what I'm doing." - Tony Stark

2. “If all else fails, I can always marry rich”-Rory Gilmore

3. “It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets.” —William Thomas

Speaker 5

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 2 - Speaker 5

1. “You know how I always dread the whole year? Well, this time I’m only going to dread one day at a time.” —Charlie Brown

2. “I’m a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit rounder, but still none the wiser.” —Robert Paul

3.  “I would say, ‘Happy New Year,’ but it’s not happy; it’s exactly the same as last year except colder.” —Robert Clark

Speaker 6

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 2 - Speaker 6

1. “He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; he who makes one is a fool.” —Farquhar McGillivray Knowles

2. Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. - George Carlin

3. “If silence is golden, why do people feel the need to fill it with ‘you okay?’” — Emily Rogers

Speaker 7

Voices of The Valley Sunday - Round 2 - Speaker 7

1. “Me shooting 40 % at the foul line is just God’s way of saying nobody’s perfect.” — Shaquille O’Neal

2. “I am not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” — Woody Allen

3. “I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.” — Lily Tomlin

Speaker 1

Voices of The Valley Sunday -Finals - Speaker 1

1. “Do not let these old fools extinguish your voice! The answers only come when coaxed by disobedience, free of fear and cowardly dogma!” – Harlander - Frankenstein 2025

2. "We all come from the sea, but we are not all of the sea - Caught By The Tide 2025

3. "How did we get here? And even worse, is it worth it? At the cost of being at war with your neighbors." - Eddington 2025

Speaker 2

Voices of The Valley Sunday -Finals - Speaker 2

1. "It all started before you, and it has to stop someday." It Was Just An Accident 2025

2. "Our children's hearts beat, they smile, play. Never forget for a moment, they may be gone." - Hamnet 2025

3. "My child comes from a whole line of revolutionaries." - One Thing After Another 2025

Speaker 3

Voices of The Valley Sunday -Finals - Speaker 3

1. Sometimes, there's this moment in the car where everything goes quiet... and in that moment, I'm flying. I don't know when I'll find it again, but, man, I want to."  - F1 The Movie

2. "Maybe once a week, I wake up paralyzed reliving that night. But before the sun went down, I think that was the best day of my life." - Sinners

3.  "Love isn't just one happy moment, right? It's a million. And it's bickering in the car, and supporting someone when they need it, and it's growing together, and looking after each other." Eternity 2025

Speaker 4

Voices of The Valley Sunday -Finals - Speaker 4

1. And even though there might be 600,000 words in the human language, the world still struggles to find the right ones when someone you love is gone. - Mad About the Boy 2025

2. Too much truth puts sadness in your heart and madness in your mind. - The Gorge 2025

3. When you can lie about everything, when you can deny everything, how do you tell the truth about anything? - Black Bag 2025

Speaker 5

Voices of The Valley Sunday -Finals - Speaker 5

1. Our lives are not defined by any one action. Our lives are the sum of our choices. - Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 2025

2. At a time of loss, there’s nothing easier than pity and nothing more difficult than the truth, as there are no easy answers for grief. - Ballerina 2025

3. We don’t rule the Earth. We just think we do. I mean, sure, we’re changing the environment, but that makes us the ones to worry about, not the planet. - Jurassic World: Rebirth 2025

Speaker 6

Voices of The Valley Sunday -Finals - Speaker 6

1. You run away from what you’re afraid of, then it owns you. - Caught Stealing 2025

2. Freedom is a funny thing, isn’t it? When you have it, you don’t appreciate it, and when you miss it, it’s gone. - One Battle After Another 2025

3. Forgive. Forget. The true measure of wisdom. To know you have been harmed, by whom you have been harmed, and choose to let it all fade. - Frankenstein 2025

Speaker 7

Voices of The Valley Sunday -Finals - Speaker 7

1. You think if you try hard enough, you can stop bad things from happening. But you can’t. Nobody can. - The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 2025

2. We can’t let “Good” be just a word. It has to mean something. It has to change things. - Wicked: For Good 2025

3. “We spend our lives believing control will save us, when all it ever does is teach us what we’re afraid to lose.” — Here Comes the Flood (2025)