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** ''[[The Boondocks]]'' referenced this by positing an [[Alternate Universe]] where King merely lay unconscious in a coma until very recently, and how he reacted to the modern world when he woke up.
** To fully understand the speech, you must remember that Dr. King was a minister, and you need to read [[The Bible|Deuteronomy.]]
* The musical ''[[Seventeen Seventy Six1776]]'' actually changed a quote of the real [[John Adams]] to avoid this. His comment on removing the slavery clause in the Declaration of Independence: "If we give in on this, there will be trouble a hundred years hence; posterity will never forgive us." He was off by a decade and a half. This and [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: the writer feared the audience would think he was [[Anvilicious]], not realizing Adams actually said this.
* Three time [[Formula One]] champion Ayrton Senna once said this:
{{quote| I want to live fully, very intensely. I would never want to live partially, suffering from illness or injury. If I ever happen to have an accident that eventually costs my life, I hope it happens in one instant.}}
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