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What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn't mommy and daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?

Gunnery Sargent Hartman

Full Metal Jacket

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Gunnery Sargent Hartman

Actor

Ronald Lee Ermey

Source

Full Metal Jacket

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Statement Type

Question Insult

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Full Metal Jacket. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Natant/Harrier Films, 1987.

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Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery.

Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

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The mysterious Stories Human nature

Author

Cormac McCarthy

Source

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

Medium

Novel

Genre

Western literature

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West. Random House, 1985, ch. 17.

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She faded, like a cloud which had outwept its rain.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Clouds

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

Adonais

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Adonais: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats, Author of Endymion, Hyperion, etc. London: Charles Ollier, 1821, st. 10, I. 9.

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Adonais." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, st. 10, I. 9.

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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

Henry David Thoreau

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Seasons Man and nature Being present

Author

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Journals of Henry David Thoreau

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1853 1850s 19th century

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Thoreau, Henry David. Journal entry. 23 Aug. 1853.

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Thoreau, Henry David. The Heart of Thoreau's Journals, edited by Odell Shepard. Dover Publications, 1961.

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I made up my mind to never again tag around with a hell-bent type, no matter how in love with him I was.

Badlands

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Bad boys

Speaker

Holly Sargis

Actor

Sissy Spacek

Source

Badlands

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Badlands. Directed by Terrence Malick, Warner Bros. Pictures, Badlands Company/Pressman-Williams, 1973.

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If any question why we died,
Tell them, because our fathers lied.

Rudyard Kipling

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World War I

Author

Rudyard Kipling

Source

Common Form

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

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Kipling, Rudyard. "Common Form." The Years Between. Methuen and Co., 1919, I. 1.

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Kipling, Rudyard. "Common Form." Selected Poems of Rudyard Kipling. Penguin Classics, 2006, I. 1.

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The American people have spoken-but it's going to take a little while to determine exactly what they said.

Bill Clinton

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Elections American politics Politics

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Bill Clinton

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English

Time

2000 2000s 20th century

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Clinton, Bill. Comment on 2000 presidential election. 8 Nov. 2000, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

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You bring all you ever were and are to any relationship you have today.

Fred Rogers

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Relationships

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 87.

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The better part of valor is discretion.

William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 1

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Tact and discretion Courage

Speaker

Falstaff

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Henry IV, Part 1

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1597 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 1. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 5, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. "The First Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 2.

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Machines are gonna fail and the system's gonna fail...then...then, survival. Who has the ability to survive? That's the game—survive.

Deliverance

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Survival Societal collapse The system

Speaker

Lewis

Actor

Burt Reynolds

Source

Deliverance

Medium

Film

Genre

Survival (film) Thriller (film) Thriller Survival

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Deliverance. Directed by John Boorman, Elmer Enterprises, 1972.

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The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Men and women

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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. "23 July 1827." 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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This shirt is dry clean only, which means it's dirty.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Clothing

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Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

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A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred; or, in other words, the Constitution ought to be preferred to the statute, the intention of the people to the intention of their agents.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 78

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US Constitution Legal theory Political theory

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Alexander Hamilton

Source

Federalist 78 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 78: The Judiciary Department." The Federalist, A Collection of Essays." New York: J. and A. McLean, 1788.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 78: Duration in office: good behavior. Why needed.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.

James Joyce

The Egoist

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Mother's love Mothers and children Mothers

Speaker

Cranley

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James Joyce

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man The Egoist

Medium

Novel Magazine

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

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Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artists as a Young Man." The Egoist. 2 Feb. 1914 - 1 Sept. 1915. Serial.

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Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, edited by John Paul Riquelme. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, ch. 5.

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A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.

T.H. Huxley

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Downsides of freedom Unlimited freedom Freedom

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T.H. Huxley

Source

Address on University Education

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1876 1870s 19th century

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Huxley, Thomas Henry. Address on university education. Formal opening gathering. 12 Sept. 1876, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par.

Mark Twain

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Miracles Credulity Doubt and skepticism

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Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

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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There are but three generations in America from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves.

Andrew Carnegie

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Social mobility

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Andrew Carnegie

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Triumphant Democracy

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Political literature

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

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Carnegie, Andrew. Triumphant Democracy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886, ch. 16.

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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Stages of life Aging Convictions

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Medium

Short story

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Bernice Bobs Her Hair." Saturday Evening Post, May 1920.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Bernice Bobs Her Hair." F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels and Stories 1920-1922, edited by Jackson Bryer. Library of America, 2000.

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Love and marriage rarely can combine,
Although they both are born in the same clime;
Marriage from love, like vinegar from wine—
A sad, sour, sober beverage—by time
Is sharpen'd from its high celestial flavour,
Down to a very homely household savour.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Love and marriage Marriage Love

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Lord Byron

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Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

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Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1821, canto 3, st. 5.

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Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 3, st. 5.

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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Dogen

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Interconnectedness of all things The moon The sky

Author

Dogen

Source

Genjo Koan Shōbōgenzō

Statement Type

Zen koan

Language

Japanese

Time

1253 1250s 13th century

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Dogen. "Genjo Koan [Actualizing the Fundamental Point]." Shobogenzo, c. 1253.

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