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She assured them, too, of her firm belief, that, at some brighter period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in Heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

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Topic

Gender relations Progress

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Source

The Scarlet Letter

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850, ch. 24.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, edited by Brian Harding. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 24.

Old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Apostle Paul

2nd Corinthians 5:17

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Topic

New creation

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

2nd Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Corinthians 5:17).

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.

John Updike

Hugging the Shore

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Topic

Critics

Author

John Updike

Source

Hugging the Shore

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Updike, John. Hugging the Shore. Alfred A. Knopf, 1983, foreword.

In the factory, we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope.

Charles H. Revson

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Topic

Advertising and marketing

Speaker

Charles H. Revson

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Revson, Charles. Quoted in Fire and Ice: The Story of Charles Revson, the Man Who Built the Revlon Empire, written by Andrew P. Tobias. ‎William Morrow & Co., 1976, ch. 8.

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned... Until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation... Until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes... Until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race... Until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained.

Haile Selassie I

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Topic

Racism Progress World peace

Speaker

Haile Selassie I

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Selassie, Haile. Address to the United Nations General Assembly. United Nations General Assembly. 4 Oct. 1963, New York, NY, USA.

Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.

Alasdair Gray

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Topic

How to live

Author

Alasdair Gray

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Gray, Alasdair. Engraved in the Canongate Wall of the Scottish Parliament Building. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2004.

This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.

Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

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Topic

The earth

Author

Marilynne Robinson

Source

Gilead

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

Aldo Leopold

A Sand County Almanac

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Topic

Conservation Man and nature

Author

Aldo Leopold

Source

A Sand County Almanac

Medium

Essay

Genre

Nature writing

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Leopold, Aldo. "The Land Ethic." A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There. Oxford University Press, 1949.

I've always wished for more artistic talent. Well, murder can be an art, too. The power to kill can be just as satisfying as the power to create.

Rope

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Topic

Murder

Speaker

Brandon

Actor

John Dall

Source

Rope

Genre

Psychological thriller (film) Thriller (film) Psychological thriller Thriller

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rope. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Transatlantic Pictures, 1948.

One does not make peace with one's friends. One makes peace with one's enemies.

Yitzhak Rabin

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Topic

Making peace

Speaker

Yitzhak Rabin

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Rabin, Yitzhak. Quoted in Jerusalem Post. 26 Nov. 1993.

There is nothing more innately human than the tendency to transmute what has become customary into what has been divinely ordained.

Suzanne LaFollette

The Beginnings of Emancipation

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Topic

Abuses of religion

Author

Suzanne LaFollette

Source

The Beginnings of Emancipation Concerning Women

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

LaFollette, Suzanne. Concerning Women. Albert & Charles Boni, 1926, ch. 1.

Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.

Fran Lebowitz

Tips for Teens

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Topic

Adolescence Teenagers

Author

Fran Lebowitz

Source

Tips for Teens Social Studies

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lebowitz, Fran. "Tips for Teens." Social Studies. Random House, 1981.

Happy trails to you, until we meet again
Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then.

Dale Evans

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Author

Dale Evans

Statement Type

Goodbye

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Evans, Dale. “Happy Trails.” Performed by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. RCA Victor, 1952.

Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

Allen Saunders

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Topic

Being present Nature of life Life

Author

Allen Saunders

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Saunders, Allen. Quoted in Reader's Digest. Jan. 1957.

The world began without the human race and it will end without it... Man has never-save only when he reproduces himself-done other than cheerfully dismantle millions upon millions of structures and reduce their elements to a state in which they can no longer be reintegrated.

Claude Levi-Strauss

Tristes Tropiques

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Topic

Human destructiveness

Author

Claude Levi-Strauss

Source

Tristes Tropiques

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Levi-Strauss, Claude. Tristes Tropiques [Sad Tropics]. Librairie Plon, 1955, pt. 9, ch. 36.

Current Citation

Levi-Strauss, Claude. Tristes Tropiques, translated by John and Doreen Weightman. Penguin Classics, 2012, pt. 9, ch. 36.

I fired him because he wouldn't respect the authority of the President. That's the answer to that. I didn't fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but that's not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail.

Harry Truman

On Douglas MacArthur.

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Topic

American politics

Speaker

Harry Truman

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Truman, Harry S. Quoted in Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, written by Merle Miller. Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1974, ch. 24.

Cultivating whatever gave pleasure to my senses was always the chief business of my life; I have never found any occupation more important. Feeling that I was born for the sex opposite to mine, I have always loved it and done all I could to make myself loved by it.

Giacomo Casanova

Histoire de Ma Vie

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Topic

Pursuing women

Author

Giacomo Casanova

Source

Histoire de Ma Vie

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Casanova, Giacomo. Aus den Memoiren des Venetianers Jacob Casanova de Seingalt [From the Memoirs of the Venetian Jacob Casanova de Seingalt]. Vol. 1, Leipzig: Brodhaus, 1822, preface.

Current Citation

Casanova, Giacomo. History of My Life, vols. 1-2, translated by Willard R. Trask. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966.

What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.

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Topic

Moral relativism Moral theory Morality

Speaker

Alfred North Whitehead

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead, edited by Lucien Price. David. R. Godine, 2008, ch. 22. Originally from dialogue with Lucien Price, 30 Aug. 1941.

Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to sea.

Barry Goldwater

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Topic

Culture war American politics

Speaker

Barry Goldwater

Source

Washington Star

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Quoted in Saturday Evening Post. 31 Aug. 1963.

Revolutions are brought about by men, by men who think as men of action and act as men of thought.

Kwame Nkrumah

Consciencism

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Topic

Revolution

Author

Kwame Nkrumah

Source

Consciencism

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nkrumah, Kwame. Consciencism. Monthly Review Press, 1964, ch. 2.