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* "Democracy is finished in England. It may be here." When Joe Kennedy, father of JFK said that in regards to the German attacks against England in [[WW 2]], he basically became the American Neville Chamberlain.

* Gilles Duceppe, leader of the Bloc Québécois for 14 years, one of the longest-serving leaders of a major political party in recent Canadian times, former Leader of the Opposition. Dude takes one perfectly normal tour of a cheese factory like any other politician, with perfectly sensible, standard-issue hygiene precautions, and for the rest of his life he's the [http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/elections/fumbles-and-stumbles-eight-great-election-gaffes/duceppes-hairnet-raises-eyebrows.html dude in the shower cap].

* While there are various other reasons for Hillary Clinton's failed bid for US President in 2016, none might be quite as iconic as her "basket of deplorables" line. It certainly did galvanize a lot of people who, even if they didn't necessarily like Trump, were still displeased enough by the quip in question as to vote against her.

* Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke and "Hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47". Because nothing quite gets you remembered like publicly giving the lie to the common refrain of gun control activists that "no one is coming for your guns".

== Entertainers ==

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* Sir Alec Guinness expressed great irritation that he only seemed to be remembered for [[Star Wars|that one role]] he didn't really like in the first place and he did because [[Money, Dear Boy|he needed the money]], and once flipped out at a [[Loony Fan]] who wouldn't stop pestering him. He was bitter about this to the end of his life... and naturally, every obituary for him focused more on his role in ''[[Star Wars]]'' than anything else.

** [http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/buzz_log_anakin.html Poor, poor Jake Lloyd]. How ''dare'' an eight-year-old actor deliver a juvenile performance!

** Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin in Episodes 2 and 3, has received just as much, if not more ire for his performance of the character.

** Hayden Christensen, who played Anakin in Episodes 2 and 3, has received just as much, if not more ire for his performance of the character. Though opinion seems to have taken a turn years afterwards.

* [[Chris Columbus]] wrote ''[[Gremlins]]'' and ''[[The Goonies]]'', directed two ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' films and ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' as well as the film adaptation of ''[[Rent]]'', but is apparently going to be "the ''[[Home Alone]]'' guy" for all eternity. On the other hand, maybe he's lucky he's not "the ''[[Stepmom]]'' guy".

** Amongst Harry Potter fans, he is very much known as the director of 1 and 2. [[Base Breaker|the fandom is divided]] as to whether or not that's a good or bad thing.