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The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

Lost in Translation

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Self-assurance

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Bob Harris

Actor

Bill Murray

Source

Lost in Translation

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Lost in Translation. Directed by Sofia Coppola, American Zoetrope/Elemental Films, 2003.

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Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts flourish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any experienced in a town when it is under siege.

Voltaire

Candide

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War and peace War Peace

Speaker

Martin

Author

Voltaire

Source

Candide

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Language

French

Time

1759 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 20.

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Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 20.

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Property is theft.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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Property rights

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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What is Property?

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Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

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Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph. Qu'est-ce que la propriété? Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement [What Is Property? Or, an Inquiry into the Principle of Right and Government]. Paris: 1840, preface.

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Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph. Proudhon: What is Property?, edited and translated by Donald R. Kelley and Bonnie G. Smith. Cambridge University Press, 1994, preface.

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Factories provide three things this country desperately needs: jobs, pride, and material for Bruce Springsteen songs.

Jack Donaghy

30 Rock

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Deindustrialization Manufacturing

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Jack Donaghy

Actor

Alec Baldwin

Source

30 Rock

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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"Meet the Woggels!" 30 Rock, written by Tina Fey and Ron Weiner, directed by Linda Mendoza, season 6, episode 17, Broadway Video and Little Stranger, 2012.

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How long will you waver between two opinions?

1st Kings 18:21

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Indecision Decisions and choices

Speaker

Elijah

Source

1st Kings The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

538 BC 530s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (1st Kings 18:21).

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Individuals pass like shadows; but the commonwealth is fixed and stable.

Edmund Burke

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The United Kingdom Ephemeral nature of life Impermanence

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Edmund Burke

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Speech on Presenting to the House of Commons a Plan for the Better Security of the Independence of Parliament and the Economical Reformation of the Civil and Other Establishments

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1780 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Presenting to the House of Commons a Plan for the Better Security of the Independence of Parliament and the Economical Reformation of the Civil and Other Establishments." 11 Feb. 1780, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England, UK.

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Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Economical Reform." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

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You lost today, kid. But it doesn't mean you have to like it.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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Bouncing back Losing

Speaker

Fedora

Actor

Richard Young

Source

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Adventure (film) Action Adventure

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Lucasfilm Ltd., 1989.

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For knowledge itself is a power whereby he knoweth.

Francis Bacon

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Nature of knowledge Knowledge

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Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5.

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Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5.

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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever.

Chief Joseph

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US and Native American relations American West

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Chief Joseph

Author

Dee Brown

Source

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

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Chief Joseph. Surrender message to General Howard. 4 Oct. 1877.

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You cannot see the wood for trees.

John Heywood

Proverbs (Heywood)

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Perspective

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John Heywood

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Proverbs (Heywood)

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Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 2, ch. 4.

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To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.

Akira Kurosawa

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Artists Art

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Akira Kurosawa

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The New York Times

Medium

Obituary Newspaper

Language

Japanese

Time

20th century

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Lyman, Rick. "Akira Kurosawa, Film Director, Is Dead at 88." New York Times, 7 Sept. 1998, Section A, Page 1, https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/07/movies/akira-kurosawa-film-director-is-dead-at-88.html.

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Even if a husband lives two hundred fucking years, he'll never be able to discover his wife's real nature. I mean, I might be able to comprehend the universe, but, I'll never discover the truth about you. Never.

Last Tango in Paris

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Gender relations Men and women Marriage

Speaker

Paul

Actor

Marlon Brando

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Last Tango in Paris

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Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Last Tango in Paris. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)/Les Productions Artistes Associes, 1972.

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From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw.

Edgar Allan Poe

Scribner's Monthly

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Feeling different

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Edgar Allan Poe

Source

Alone Scribner's Monthly

Medium

Poem Magazine

Language

English

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "Alone." Scribner's Monthly, Sept. 1875, I. 1.

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "Alone." Edgar Allen Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick F. Quinn. Library of America, 1984, I. 1.

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Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.

Revelation 3:20

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Salvation

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Revelation The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

96 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Revelation 3:20).

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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

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Helping others What goes around comes around Generosity Charity

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 11:1).

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When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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When it rains it pours Suffering

Speaker

King Claudius

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 4, sc. 5.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 5.

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Kill them all; for the Lord knoweth them that are His.

Arnaud Amalric

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Quoted in The Dialogue on Miracles

Statement prior to the massacre at Beziers, France on July 22, 1209, as part of the Albigensian Crusade.

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The Crusades

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Arnaud Amalric

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The Dialogue on Miracles

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Latin

Time

1209 1200s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Arnaud Amalric. Quoted in The Dialogue on Miracles, written by Caesarius of Hesterbach. c. 1223.

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Arnaud Amalric. Quoted in The Dialogue on Miracles, written by Caesarius of Hesterbach, translated by Ronald Pepin. Vol. 1, Liturgical Press, 2023.

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Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

Matthew Arnold

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Confession Truth

Author

Matthew Arnold

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Sohrab and Rustum

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1853 1850s 19th century

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Arnold, Matthew. "Sohrab and Rustum." Poems: A New Edition. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853.

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Arnold, Matthew. "Sohrab and Rustum." Dover Beach and Other Poems. Dover Publications, 2012.

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Medicine for the soul.

The inscription over the library of the tomb complex of Ramses II.

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Libraries Books

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Inscription

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Egyptian

Time

13th century BC

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Library inscription. Quoted in Library of History, by Diodorus Siculus, translated by C. H. Oldfather. Loeb Classical Library, 1933, bk. I, par. 49, l. 3. Originally quoted in Library of History, by Diodorus Siculus. c. 30 BC, bk. I, par. 49, l. 3.

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We still seek no wider war.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Vietnam War

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. Speech on the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. 4 Aug. 1964, Washington, DC, USA. Broadcast.

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