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That rug really tied the room together, did it not?

The Big Lebowski

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Topic

Interior design

Speaker

Walter Sobchak

Actor

John Goodman

Source

The Big Lebowski

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime comedy (film) Comedy (film) Crime comedy Comedy

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Big Lebowski. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Working Title Films, 1998.

Oh! dream of joy! is this indeed
The lighthouse top I see?
Is this the hill? Is this the kirk?
Is this mine one countree?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Topic

Homecoming Home

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 1.

The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob. They gave to us a republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed. And for more than two hundred years, we have.

Barack Obama

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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American founding American democracy American politics

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The greatest gift you will ever give is your honest self.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Authenticity Giving of oneself Generosity

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 81.

Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.

Emily Dickinson

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Topic

Success

Author

Emily Dickinson

Source

Success is Counted Sweetest Brooklyn Daily Union

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

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Dickinson, Emily, [published anonymously]. "Success is Counted Sweetest." Brooklyn Daily Union, 27 April 1864, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "Success is Counted Sweetest." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.

Habit is... The enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance.

William James

The Principles of Psychology

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Habits

Author

William James

Source

The Principles of Psychology

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

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Citation

James, William. The Principles of Psychology. Vol. 1, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1890, ch. 4.

O death, where is thy sting?
O grave, where is thy victory?

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 15:55

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Victory over death Eternal life Death

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

1st Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

55 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 15:55).

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided man.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Technological progress Moral progress Progress

Author

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

The Man Who Was a Fool

Medium

Sermon

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "The Man Who Was a Fool." Detroit Council of Churches' Noon Lenten Services. 6 Mar. 1961, Detroit, MI, USA.

I got no fight with any man who does what he's told, but when he don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down.

Platoon

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Topic

Chain of command The military

Speaker

Sgt. Barnes

Actor

Tom Berenger

Source

Platoon

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Platoon. Directed by Oliver Stone, Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986.

He that runs against Time has an antagonist not subject to casualties.

Samuel Johnson

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Time is undefeated Relentlessness of time Time

Author

Samuel Johnson

Source

Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets

Language

English

Time

1781 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. "Pope." Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. London: C. Bathurst, et al., 1781.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. "Pope." The Lives of the Poets: A Selection, edited by Roger Lonsdale. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Does the imagination dwell the most
Upon a woman won or woman lost?

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Lost love Love

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

The Tower

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Tower." The Tower. Macmillan & Company, 1928.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Tower." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Constantly bearing in mind that in entering into society "individuals must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest," it will be my desire so to discharge my duties as to foster with our brethren in all parts of the country a spirit of liberal concession and compromise.

Andrew Jackson

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson

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Topic

Political compromise Political theory American politics

Speaker

Andrew Jackson

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Jackson, Andrew. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there shall be vacant lands in any part of America. When they get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, they will become corrupt as in Europe.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic

Rural vs. urban

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Madison. 20 Dec. 1787.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "James Madison, Dec. 20, 1787." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

If I had one day when I didn't have to be all confused and I didn't have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace.

Rebel Without a Cause

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Topic

Alienation Belonging

Speaker

Jim Stark

Actor

James Dean

Source

Rebel Without a Cause

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Rebel Without a Cause. Directed by Nicholas Ray, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1955.

One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.

Crazy Horse

Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

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Property rights

Speaker

Crazy Horse

Author

Dee Brown

Source

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Witko, Tashunka. Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, written by Dee Brown. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970, ch. 12.

We have a place, all of us, in a long story—a story we continue, but whose end we will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, the story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer. It is the American story—a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.

George W. Bush

First Inaugural Address of George W. Bush

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American progress American history America

Speaker

George W. Bush

Source

First Inaugural Address of George W. Bush Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Bush, George W. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2001, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

But the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

Pericles

Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides

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Bravery Courage Taking risks Going for it

Speaker

Pericles

Author

Thucydides

Source

Funeral Oration History of the Peloponnesian War

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.

If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love.

Point Break

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Topic

Living on the edge Taking risks

Speaker

Bodhi

Actor

Patrick Swayze

Source

Point Break

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Crime (film) Action Crime

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Point Break. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Johnny Utah Productions/Largo Entertainment, 1991.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

Oscar Wilde

De Profundis

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Topic

Alienation from oneself Living inauthentically

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

De Profundis

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Wilde, Oscar. Letter to Lord Alfred Douglas. Jan.-Mar. 1897.

An old friend is never an extra guest.

Notorious

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Topic

Old friends Friends Guests and visitors

Speaker

Alexander Sebastian

Actor

Claude Rains

Source

Notorious

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Spy (film) Spy

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Notorious. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, RKO Pictures/Vanguard Films, 1946.