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You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.

On the Waterfront

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Missed opportunities Regrets

Speaker

Terry Malloy

Actor

Marlon Brando

Source

On the Waterfront

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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On the Waterfront. Directed by Elia Kazan, Horizon Pictures, 1954.

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Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

William Blake

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Man and nature Spending time in nature Nature

Author

William Blake

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Poem

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1807 1810s 19th century

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Blake, William. The Notebook of William Blake. c. 1811.

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Blake, William. "Great things are done when Men & Mountains meet." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

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I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Horace

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Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

Author

Horace

Source

Odes (Horace)

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Boast

Language

Latin

Time

23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

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Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.

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There is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Man and animals

Author

Herman Melville

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Novel

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English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 87.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 87.

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No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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State of nature Barbarism Civilization

Author

Thomas Hobbes

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Leviathan

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Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1651 1650s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 1, ch. 13.

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Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 1, ch. 13.

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What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

Tertullian

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Athens and Jerusalem Athens Jerusalem Philosophy Religion

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Tertullian

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On the Prescription of Heretics

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Latin

Time

220 220s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Tertullian. De Praescriptione Haereticorum [On the Prescription of Heretics]. c. 1892, ch. 7.

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Hello. My name is Iñigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Iñigo Montoya

The Princess Bride

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Revenge

Speaker

Iñigo Montoya

Actor

Mandy Patinkin

Source

The Princess Bride

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Fantasy (film) Comedy Fantasy

Statement Type

Introduction Threat

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Communications/Buttercup Films/The Princess Bride Ltd., 1987.

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A liar should have a good memory.

Quintilian

Institutio Oratoria

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Consequences of lying Liars

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Quintilian

Source

Institutio Oratoria

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

95 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 4, ch. 1, sect. 91.

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For many are called, but few are chosen.

Jesus

Matthew 22:14

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The elect

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Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 22:14).

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The old pond-
A frog leaps in,
And a splash.

Matsuo Basho

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Nature scene

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Matsuo Basho

Medium

Haiku Poem

Language

Japanese

Time

1686 1680s 17th century

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Basho, Matsuo. Haiku. c. 1686.

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Basho, Matsuo. Basho: The Complete Haiku, translated by Jane Reichhold. Kodansha International, 2013.

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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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Limits of language Language

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

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Wittgenstein, Ludwig. "Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung [Logical-Philosophical Treatise]." Annalen der Naturphilosophie [Annales of Natural Philosophy], 1921.

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Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, translated by Michael Beaney. Oxford University Press, 2023.

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I am ashes where once I was fire.

Lord Byron

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Aging Burnout Loss of passion Passion

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Lord Byron

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To the Countess of Blessington

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Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1824 1820s 19th century

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Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Letters and Journals. London: J. Johnson, c. 1830.

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Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Byron: Poems. Everyman's Library, 1994.

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Man is a social animal.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Man as social animal Nature of man

Author

Baruch Spinoza

Source

Ethics

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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. 4, prop. 35, note.

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Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 4, prop. 35, note.

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He gave up the ghost.

Luke 23:46

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Moment of death Death

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Gospel of Luke The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 23:46).

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The great question that has never been answered…is what does a woman want?

Sigmund Freud

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Men and women

Speaker

Sigmund Freud

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Question

Language

German

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Freud, Sigmund. Stated to Marie Bonaparte during their psychoanalytic session. 8 Dec. 1925.

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You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah, yeah. Okay.

Taxi Driver

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Talking

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Travis Bickle

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

Taxi Driver

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

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Taxi Driver. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Bill/Phillips Productions/Italo/Judeo Productions, 1976.

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Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Need for love Feeling loved

Speaker

Shug

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

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Imagine we are linked not ranked.

Gloria Steinem

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Interconnectedness of all people Social hierarchy

Author

Gloria Steinem

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English

Time

2021 2020s 21st century

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Steinem, Gloria. Home page, Retrieved 21 Apr. 2021. www.gloriasteinem.com.

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All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Appearance vs. reality Dreams

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Source

A Dream within a Dream The Flag of Our Union

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Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "A Dream Within a Dream." The Flag of Our Union, 31 March 1849, I. 10.

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "A Dream Within a Dream." Edgar Allen Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick Quinn. Library of America, 1984, l. 10.

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Of Man's First Disobedience, and the fruit
Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste
Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
Sing, Heav'nly Muse.

John Milton

Paradise Lost

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Original sin Fallen world

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Lost

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem Religious literature

Statement Type

Opening lines

Language

English

Time

1667 1660s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 1, l. 1.

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"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, l. 1.

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