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In the song All Me, Drake talks about making it big because of the things that he did, and he makes it clear, with the repetition of "all me" that he didnt rely on anyone to get where he wanted to be. I think that song shows self reliance in the idea of transcendentalism and fits really well with Emerson's quote about the mind's integrity.
In the movie The Truman Show, Truman starts to realize that everything is happening in exact patterns based off his actions and even though he doesn't know why he knows something isn't right.
Intuition over Reason
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"Self trust is the first secret to success"-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Nothing at last is sacred but the integrity of your own mind"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole"-Ralph Waldo Emerson
" Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much of life. Aim above mortality. Be not simply good; be good for something."- Henry Thoreau
In the movie Avatar nature is used as a main aspect of life. They believe that becoming one with nature is how you become whole and it is how they survive.
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"Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves"-Henry Thoreau
Starbucks put out a petition wanting 500,000 signatures from anyone who supports gay-marriages. Although there were many supporters, there was over 4,000 members of the National Organization for Marriage who have pledged to boycott Starbucks. Still, Starbucks sticks with their decision to support the right of all people to marry regardless of the gender of their partner, and have raised their number of petition signatures to 750,000 .