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Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions, which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, they are insultingly supporting their own superiority.

Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindiction of the Rights of Woman

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Patriarchy

Author

Mary Wollstonecraft

Source

A Vindiction of the Rights of Woman

Genre

Political literature Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Boston: Thomas and Andrews/London: J. Johnson, 1792, ch. 4.

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. "A Vindication of the Rights of Women." A Vindication of the Rights of Women and A Vindication of the Rights of Men, edited by Janet Todd. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 4.

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I have spread my dreams under your feet.
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

W.B. Yeats

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Dreams

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W.B. Yeats

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He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

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Yeats, William Butler. "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven." The Wind Among Reeds. New York and London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1899.

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Yeats, William Butler. "He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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There were never in the world two opinions alike, any more than two hairs or two grains. Their most universal quality is diversity.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Diversity of opinion

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Michel de Montaigne

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Of the Resemblence of Children to Their Fathers Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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De Montaigne, Michel. "De la Ressemblance des Enfants aux Peres [Of the Resemblance of Children to Their Fathers]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

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De Montaigne, Michel. "On the Resemblance of Children to Their Fathers." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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We fear change.

Garth Algar

Wayne's World

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Resistance to change Change

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Garth Algar

Actor

Dana Carvey

Source

Wayne's World

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Wayne's World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Pictures, 1992.

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You know how they say we only use 10 percent of our brains? I think we only use 10 percent of our hearts.

Wedding Crashers

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Head vs. heart Human body

Speaker

John Beckwith

Actor

Owen Wilson

Source

Wedding Crashers

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Film

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Romantic comedy (film) Comedy (film) Romantic comedy Comedy

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English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Wedding Crashers. Directed by David Dobkin. New Line Cinema/Tapestry Films, 2005.

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People call these things imperfections, but they're not. That's the good stuff and then we get to choose who we let into our weird little worlds.

Good Will Hunting

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Relationships

Speaker

Sean

Actor

Robin Williams

Source

Good Will Hunting

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological drama (film) Drama (film) Psychological drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Good Will Hunting. Directed by Gus Van Sant, Be Gentlemen, 1997.

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As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government, to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I know of no other business which government hath to do therewith.

Thomas Paine

Common Sense

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Freedom of religion Religion and politics

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Thomas Paine

Source

Common Sense

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

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Paine, Thomas [published anonymously]. Common Sense. Philadelphia: R. Bell, sect. 4.

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Paine, Thomas. "Common Sense." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009, sect. 4.

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Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.

Airplane!

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Stress Smoking

Speaker

Steve McCroskey

Actor

Lloyd Bridges

Source

Airplane!

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Airplane! Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker. Paramount Pictures/Howard W. Koch Productions, 1980.

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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

John F. Kennedy

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Reform vs. revolution Reform Revolution Political progress Politics

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John F. Kennedy

Source

Speeches of John F. Kennedy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Kennedy, John F. Address on the First Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. 13 Mar. 1977, State Dining Room, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

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Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge; and the crime and gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.

Donald Trump

Inaugural Address of Donald Trump

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American decline American politics

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Donald Trump

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Inaugural Address of Donald Trump Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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Trump, Donald. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2017, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.

Ronald Reagan

Joke made during a microphone check prior to a scheduled radio address.

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Cold War

Author

Ronald Reagan

Statement Type

Political joke Joke

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Reagan, Ronald. Joke during microphone check prior to weekly radio address. 11 Aug. 1984, Rancho del Cielo, California, USA.

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When the snows fall, and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives.

Game of Thrones

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Strength in numbers Man as social animal

Speaker

Sansa Stark

Actor

Sophie Turner

Source

Game of Thrones

Medium

TV program

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Fantasy (TV) Drama (TV) Fantasy Drama

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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"The Dragon and the Wolf." Game of Thrones, written by George R.R. Martin and David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, directed by Jeremy Podeswa, season 7, episode 7, Television 360 and Startling and Bighead Littlehead, 2017.

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Whatever your pleasure, I can facilitate. You need weed, you need meth—hey, you need Prozac, I'm your man. I know how you white boys always deal with that depression. I mean me personally, I don't understand what you white boys are all depressed about. Hey, you're white! Smile!

The Longest Yard

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White privilege

Speaker

Caretaker

Actor

Chris Rock

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The Longest Yard

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Film

Genre

Sports comedy (film) Sports (film) Sports comedy Sports

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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The Longest Yard. Directed by Peter Segal, Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures/MTV Films/Happy Madison Productions/Callahan Filmworks, 2005.

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Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.

Mark Twain

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Questioning one's beliefs Majority opinions Thinking for oneself The masses Consensus

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Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

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Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 35. Originally from Notebook, c. 1904.

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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

Florence Nightingale

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Theory of progress

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Florence Nightingale

Source

Cassandra: an Essay

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

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Nightingale, Florence. Cassandra: An Essay. c. 1852.

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Nightingale, Florence. "Cassandra." Cassandra: Florence Nightingale's Angry Outcry Against the Forced Idleness of Victorian Women. The Feminist Press, 1993.

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They dug for each graveyard a huge trench, in which they laid the corpses as they arrived by hundreds at a time, piling them up tier upon tier as merchandise is stowed in a ship.

Giovanni Boccaccio

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The Black Death Plagues Pandemics

Author

Giovanni Boccaccio

Source

The Decameron

Language

Italian

Time

1353 1350s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Decameron. c. 1353.

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Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Decameron, translated by Wayne A. Rebhorn. W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.

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McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.

Joseph McCarthy

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Red Scare Cold War Communism American politics

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Joseph McCarthy

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

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Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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McCarthy, Joseph. Speech in Wisconsin. c. 1952. Wisconsin, USA.

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Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies.
Love is all truth, Lust full of forgèd lies.

William Shakespeare

Venus and Adonis

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Love and lust Nature of love Love Lust

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William Shakespeare

Source

Venus and Adonis

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1593 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. London: Richard Field, 1593, I. 803.

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Shakespeare, William. "Venus and Adonis." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.

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Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie humaine

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Equality Human rights

Author

Honoré de Balzac

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La Duchesse de Langeais La Comédie humaine

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

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De Balzac, Honoré. Ne touchez pas la hache [Don’t Touch the Axe]. L'Écho de la Jeune France, 1834.

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It is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.

George W. Bush

Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush

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American foreign policy Spread of freedom and democracy

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George W. Bush

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Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Bush, George W. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2005, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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