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Thou hast no right to bliss.

Matthew Arnold

Empedocles on Etna

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Topic

Happiness

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Empedocles on Etna

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Arnold, Matthew, [published as A]. "Empedocles on Etna." Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852, act 1, sc. 2.

We have long since made clear that a state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens.

Sandra Day O'Connor

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

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Topic

Rule of law in wartime Rule of law Constitutional law

Author

Sandra Day O'Connor

Source

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

O'Connor, Sandra Day. United States, Supreme Court. Hamdi et al. v. Rumsfeld. United States Reports, vol. 542, 28 June 2004, pp. 507-599. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/542/507/.

Keaton always said, "I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him." Well, I believe in God and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze.

Verbal

The Usual Suspects

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The boogeyman

Speaker

Verbal

Actor

Kevin Spacey

Source

The Usual Suspects

Medium

Film

Genre

Mystery (film) Thriller (film) Mystery Thriller

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Usual Suspects. Directed by Bryan Singer. Bad Hat Harry Productions/Gramercy Pictures/PolyGram Filmed Entertainment/Spelling Television/Blue Parrot Productions, 1995.

We need more dissent and less dogma.

Camille Paglia

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Topic

Thinking outside the box Thinking for oneself Dissent Dogma Doubt and skepticism

Speaker

Camille Paglia

Source

Spiked

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Paglia, Camille. "Feminist Trouble." Interviewed by Ella Whelan. Spiked Magazine, 10 Dec. 2015, www.spiked-online.com/2015/12/10/feminist-trouble/.

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

George Sand

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Topic

Happiness Love Relationships Connecting with others

Author

George Sand

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Sand, George. Letter to Lina Calamatta. 31 Mar. 1862.

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.

James Baldwin

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Topic

Money and sex Sex Poverty

Author

James Baldwin

Source

The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy Esquire

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Baldwin, James. "The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy." Esquire, 1 May 1961.

The most exciting thing is not-doing-it. If you fall in love with someone and never do it, it's much more exciting.

Andy Warhol

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

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Topic

Abstinence Sex

Author

Andy Warhol

Source

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975, ch. 3.

Sometimes your whole life boils down to one insane move.

Avatar

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Topic

Decisions and choices

Speaker

Jake Sully

Actor

Sam Worthington

Source

Avatar

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Epic (film) Science fiction Epic

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Avatar. Directed by James Cameron. 20th Century Fox/Lightstorm Entertainment/Dune Entertainment/Ingenious Film Partners, 2009.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

Francis Bacon

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Conspiracy theories Ignorance

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Suspicion Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis "Of Suspicion." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Suspicion." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.

Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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Topic

Reason and emotion The heart Emotions The mind Reason

Author

Milan Kundera

Source

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Medium

Novel

Language

Czech

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Kundera, Milan. L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être [The Unbearable Lightness of Being]. Gallimard, 1984.

Current Citation

Kundera, Milan. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, translated by Michael Henry Heim. Harper Perennial, 2009.

War is father of all and king of all. Some he reveals as gods, other as men; some he makes slaves, other free.

Heraclitus

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Topic

War Fate

Author

Heraclitus

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, F23 - DK B53.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, F23 - DK B53.

I believe that our Great Maker is preparing the world, in His own good time, to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer required.

Ulysses S. Grant

Second Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant

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Topic

Globalization God and man

Speaker

Ulysses S. Grant

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1873 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Grant, Ulysses S. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1873, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

What ought a man to be? Well, my short answer is "himself."

Henrik Ibsen

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Topic

Being oneself Authenticity

Speaker

Peer Gynt

Author

Henrik Ibsen

Source

Peer Gynt

Medium

Play

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Norwegian

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. Peer Gynt. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1867, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. "Peer Gynt." Peer Gynt and Brand, translated by Geoffrey Hill. Penguin Classics, 2017, act 4, sc. 1.

Things without all remedy
Should be without regard. What’s done is done.

William Shakespeare

Macbeth

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Topic

Letting go of the past Looking back The past

Speaker

Lady Macbeth

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Macbeth

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.

A duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London.

Thomas De Quincey

London Magazine

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Topic

Rainy days Sunday London

Author

Thomas De Quincey

Source

Confessions of an English Opium Eater London Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

De Quincey, Thomas [published anonymously]. "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater." The London Magazine, Sept. - Oct., 1821.

Current Citation

De Quincey, Thomas. "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater." Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings, edited by Robert Morrison. Oxford University Press, 2013.

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Apostle Paul

Romans 1:20

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Topic

Nature of God God

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Romans 1:20).

Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call.

The Seventh Seal

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Topic

Faith Existence of God

Speaker

Antonius Block

Actor

Max von Sydow

Source

The Seventh Seal

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy drama (film) Drama (film) Fantasy drama Drama

Language

Swedish

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.

Did you ever think that maybe there's more to life than being really, really, really, ridiculously good looking?

Derek Zoolander

Zoolander

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Topic

Purpose of life Life

Speaker

Derek Zoolander

Actor

Ben Stiller

Source

Zoolander

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Zoolander. Directed by Ben Stiller, Village Roadshow Productions/VH1 Films/NPV Entertinment/Red Hour Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2001.

The dark world is going to submit to its present treatment just as long as it must and not one moment longer.

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Topic

Anti-colonialism Anti-imperialism

Author

W.E.B. Du Bois

Source

Darkwater

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "The Souls of White Folk." Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil. Harcourt, Brace And Howe, 1920.

Current Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "The Souls of White Folk." Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Oxford University Press, 2014.

I'm a realist. I understand it's the 21st century and you've probably had premarital relations with my daughter. But under our roof, it's my way or the Long Island Expressway. Is that understood?

Jack Byrnes

Meet the Parents

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Topic

Fathers and daughters Hospitality Guests and visitors

Speaker

Jack Byrnes

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

Meet the Parents

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Meet the Parents. Directed by Jay Roach, TriBeCa Productions/Nancy Tenenbaum Productions, 2000.