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All men lose when they die and all men die. But a slave and a free man lose different things.

Spartacus

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Topic

Death Freedom Slavery

Speaker

Spartacus

Actor

Kirk Douglas

Source

Spartacus

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Historical drama (film) Epic Historical drama

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Spartacus. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Bryna Productions, 1960.

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth but the words won't come out
He's choking, how? Everybody's joking now
The clock's run out, time's up, over, blaow!

Eminem

Lose Yourself

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Topic

Buckling under pressure Pressure Missed opportunities

Speaker

Eminem

Source

Lose Yourself

Medium

Song

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

"Lose Yourself." 8 Mile. Directed by Curtis Hanson, performed by Eminem, Universal Pictures, 2002.

When you got a career, there ain't enough time in the day. You look at your watch, time just flies, like God damn, whoa, it's 5:35! Damn, I gotta come in early tomorrow and work on my project. Cause there ain't enough time when you got a career. When you got a job, there's too much time. That's right, you look at your watch like, ah shit. 9:08.

Chris Rock

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Topic

Job vs. career Shitty jobs Alienating work Passage of time Jobs

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Kill the Messenger

Medium

Standup comedy

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger. HBO, 27 Sept. 2008.

Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of all gods and all men.

Hesiod

Theogony

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Topic

Power of love Love

Author

Hesiod

Source

Theogony

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Hesiod. Θεογονία [Theogony]. c. 700 BC, l. 120-121.

Current Citation

Hesiod. "Theogony." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 120-121.

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel,
A boutique, and a swinging hot spot.

Joni Mitchell

Big Yellow Taxi

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Topic

Consumerism Loss of Eden Over-development Modern life

Speaker

Joni Mitchell

Source

Big Yellow Taxi

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mitchell, Joni. "Big Yellow Taxi." Ladies of the Canyon. Reprise Records, 1970.

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Topic

Disenchanted world Progress

Speaker

Miss Dacre

Author

Benjamin Disraeli

Source

The Young Duke

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. The Young Duke. Vol. 1, London: Henry Colburn, 1831, bk. 2, ch. 5.

If pussy was a stock, it would be plummeting right now because you’ve flooded the market with it. You’re giving it away too easy.

Dave Chappelle

Killin' Them Softly

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Topic

Chastity Men and women

Speaker

Dave Chappelle

Source

Killin' Them Softly

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Chappelle, Dave. Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly. HBO, 26 July 2000.

Are we like those bored couples you feel sorry for in restaurants? Are we the dining dead?

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Topic

Fading love Relationships

Speaker

Joel Barish

Actor

Jim Carrey

Source

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Science fiction (film) Romantic drama Science fiction

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Directed by Michel Gondry, Anonymous Content/This Is That, 2004.

No. The question isn't indiscreet, but the answer could be.

For a Few Dollars More

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Topic

Questions

Speaker

Col. Douglas Mortimer

Actor

Lee Van Cleef

Source

For a Few Dollars More

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Statement Type

Threat

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

For a Few Dollars More. Directed by Sergio Leone, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)/Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas/Constantin Film, 1965.

Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.

Martial

Epigrams

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Topic

Memories

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 10, no. 23.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 10, no. 34.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Sherlock Holmes

A Case of Identity

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Topic

Details The little things

Speaker

Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

A Case of Identity

Medium

Short story Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Case of Identity." The Strand Magazine. London: Sept. 1891.

Current Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Case of Identity." The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2010.

Stop going for the easy buck and produce something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.

Wall Street

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Speaker

Carl Fox

Actor

Martin Sheen

Source

Wall Street

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wall Street. Directed by Oliver Stone, American Entertainment Partners/American Films, 1987.

I love mankind…it's people I can't stand!!

Linus

Quoted in Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz

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Topic

Misanthropy

Speaker

Linus

Author

Charles M. Schulz

Source

Peanuts

Medium

Comic strip

Language

English

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Schulz, Charles M. Peanuts. Comic strip. 12 Nov. 1959.

Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.

John Marshall Harlan

Plessy v. Ferguson

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Topic

Constitutional law US Constitution Legal theory

Author

John Marshall Harlan

Source

Plessy v. Ferguson

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Dissenting opinion Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Harlan, John Marshall. Dissenting Opinion. Plessy v. Ferguson. United States Reports, vol. 163, 18 May 1896, pp. 552-564. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/163/537/.

Remember Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes exhausts and murders itself. There never was a Democracy Yet, that did not commit suicide.

John Adams

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Topic

Decline of democracy Democracy Political theory Politics

Author

John Adams

Source

Letters of John Adams

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1814 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Adams, John. Letter to John Taylor. 17 Dec. 1814.

Current Citation

Adams, John. “From John Adams to John Taylor, 17 December 1814,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-6371.

Is it not the glory of the people of America, that, whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity, for custom, or for names, to overrule the suggestions of their own good sense, the knowledge of their own situation, and the lessons of their own experience?

James Madison

Federalist 14

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Topic

American politics US Constitution Politics

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 14 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 14: Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered." New York Packet, 30 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 14: Proposed union not too large for republican government.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.

Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Topic

Dreams The human condition

Author

Zora Neale Hurston

Source

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1937, ch. 1.

All that is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.

Charles Baudelaire

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Topic

Reason Rationalism

Author

Charles Baudelaire

Source

Éloge du maquillage

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "Éloge du maquillage [In Praise of Makeup]." The Painter of Modern Life. Paris: Le Figaro, c. 1863.

Current Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "The Painter of Modern Life." Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Literature, translated by P. E. Charvet. Penguin Classics, 1993.

We all fall for them. Pricks are spontaneous, they're unpredictable, and they're fun. And then we're surprised when they turn out to be pricks.

Up in the Air

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Topic

Bad boys Men and women

Speaker

Alex Goran

Actor

Vera Farmiga

Source

Up in the Air

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Up in the Air. Directed by Jason Reitman, DreamWorks Pictures/The Montecito Picture Company/Cold Spring Pictures/Rickshaw Productions/Right of Way Films, 2009.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Topic

Teachers and students Legacy Influence on others

Author

Henry Adams

Source

The Education of Henry Adams

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 20.

Current Citation

Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 20.