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God is on the side not of the heavy battalions, but of the best shots.

Voltaire

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God taking sides War

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Voltaire

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Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1750 1750s 18th century

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Voltaire. The Piccini Notebooks. c. 1738-1750.

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I want death to find me planting my cabbages.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Gardening

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Michel de Montaigne

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That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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De Montaigne, Michel. "Que Philosopher C'Est Apprendre a Mourir [That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

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De Montaigne, Michel. "To Philosophize is to Learn How to Die." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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Rather be dead than cool.

Nirvana

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Stay Away

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Coolness

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Nirvana

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Stay Away Nevermind

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Nirvana. "Stay Away." Nevermind. DGC, 1991.

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I've loved you since I was eleven, and the shit won't go away.

Love and Basketball

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Hopelessly in love Being in love

Speaker

Monica Wright

Actor

Sanaa Lathan

Source

Love and Basketball

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports (film) Drama (film) Sports Drama

Statement Type

Confession

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Love and Basketball. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, 2000.

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Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Oscar Wilde

A Woman of No Importance

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Unhappiness Discontent Motivation What motivates people Personal growth Progress

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Lord Illingworth

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

A Woman of No Importance

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1893 1890s 19th century

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Wilde, Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. 1893, Haymarket Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2.

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Wilde, Oscar. "A Woman of No Importance." The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 2.

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On any given Sunday you're either gonna win or you're gonna lose.

Any Given Sunday

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Winning and losing Character

Speaker

Tony D'Amato

Actor

Al Pacino

Source

Any Given Sunday

Medium

Film

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Sports (film) Drama (film) Sports Drama

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Any Given Sunday. Directed by Oliver Stone, The Donners' Company/Ixtlan Productions, 1999.

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We boil at different degrees.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Eloquence

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Personality Human diversity

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Eloquence Society and Solitude

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1870 1870s 19th century

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Eloquence." Society and Solitude. New York City: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Eloquence." The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and Solitude, edited by Ronald A. Bosco and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 7, Belknap Press, 2008.

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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.

Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

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Empathy Perspective

Speaker

Atticus Finch

Author

Harper Lee

Source

To Kill a Mockingbird

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

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Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1960, ch. 3.

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Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Hope Fear Yin and yang

Author

Baruch Spinoza

Source

Ethics

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1677 1670s 17th century

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Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 3, def. 13, explanation.

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Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 3, def. 13, explanation.

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The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be oneself.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Self-knowledge Being oneself Authenticity

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Michel de Montaigne

Source

Of Solitude Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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De Montaigne, Michel. "De La Solitude [Of Solitude]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

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De Montaigne, Michel. "Of Solitude." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Fear and politics Politics

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Table Talk

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English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "5 Oct. 1830." Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. London: John Murray, 1835.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge (2nd ed 1836)." The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, vol. 14: Table Talk, edited by Kathleen Coburn and Bart Winer. Princeton University Press, 2019.

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All the lonely people,
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people,
Where do they all belong?

The Beatles

Eleanor Rigby

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Loneliness

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The Beatles

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Eleanor Rigby Revolver

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

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Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. "Eleanor Rigby." Performed by The Beatles. Revolver. Parlophone Records/Capitol Records, 1966.

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We are now suffering the evils of a long peace. Luxury, more deadly than war, broods over the city, and avenges a conquered world.

Juvenal

Satires

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Decadence

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Juvenal

Source

Satires

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Latin

Time

127 120s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 6.

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Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 6.

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Toscanini once recorded a piece sixty five times. You know what he said when he finished? It could be better.

The Tree of Life

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Perfectionism

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Mr. O'Brien

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Brad Pitt

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The Tree of Life

Medium

Film

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Epic (film) Drama (film) Epic Drama

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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The Tree of Life. Directed by Terrence Malick. River Road Entertainment/Plan B Entertainment, 2011.

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Bye, Felisha.

Friday

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Craig Jones

Actor

Ice Cube

Source

Friday

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Goodbye

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Friday. Directed by F. Gary Gray, New Line Productions/Ghetto Bird Productions, 1995.

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Casting aspersions on those we love always does something to loosen our ties. We shouldn't maltreat our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.

Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary

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Criticizing others

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Gustave Flaubert

Source

Madame Bovary

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

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Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary: Moeurs de Province [Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners]. Revue de Paris, 1 Oct. 1856 - 15 Dec. 1856. Serial.

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Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary, edited and translated by Lydia Davis. Penguin Classics, 2011, pt. 3, ch. 6.

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A woman's vows I write upon the wave.

Sophocles

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Sophocles

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Unknown drama

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Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Sophocles. Unnamed drama. 5th century BC, fragment 694.

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If it wasn't for bad luck
You know, I wouldn't have no luck at all

Albert King

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Born Under a Bad Sign

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Bad luck Luck

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Albert King

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Born Under a Bad Sign

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Song

Genre

Blues

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Bell, William. "Born Under a Bad Sign." Composed by Booker T. Jones. Performed by Albert King. Born Under a Bad Sign. Stax Records, 1967.

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The best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

Booker T. Washington

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Helping others Cooperation and collaboration Personal growth

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Booker T. Washington

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The Story of My Life and Work

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Washington, Booker T. The Story of My Life and Work. W. H. Ferguson Co., 1900.

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I never think of the future—it comes soon enough.

Albert Einstein

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The future Being present The present

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Albert Einstein

Medium

Interview

Language

German

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Einstein, Albert. Quoted in "Clearfield Progress, Would Take Three Days to Make Simple Explanation of Theories, Says Einstein," by David P. Sentner, I. N. S. (International News Service) Correspondent. Quote Page 1, Column 1, Clearfield, Pennsylvania. 12 Dec. 1930.

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