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Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.

Jesus

Matthew 6:19-20

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Topic

Accumulation of wealth Love of money Wealth Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982.. (Matthew 6:19-20).

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Harvey Dent

The Dark Knight

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Topic

Heroes and villains Reputation

Speaker

Harvey Dent

Actor

Aaron Eckhart

Source

The Dark Knight

Medium

Film

Genre

Superhero (film) Crime drama (film) Superhero Crime drama

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

The Dark Knight. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy, 2008.

Age will not be defied.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Relentlessness of time Aging Death The human condition

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Regimen of Health Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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

Nobody sees a flower-really-it is so small-we haven't time-and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.

Georgia O'Keeffe

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Topic

Slowing down Paying attention Observation

Author

Georgia O'Keeffe

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Citation

O'Keeffe, Georgia. "About Myself." Georgia O'Keeffe: Exhibition of Oils and Pastels at An American Place. An American Place, 1939.

We are a nation that has a government—not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth. Our government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.

Ronald Reagan

First Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan

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Topic

Limited government Citizen and state American politics

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Source

First Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1981, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Why, don't you have a dark side? No, you're probably one of those cheerful people who dot their i's with little hearts.

When Harry Met Sally…

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Topic

Optimism

Speaker

Harry Burns

Actor

Billy Crystal

Source

When Harry Met Sally…

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

When Harry Met Sally... Directed by Rob Reiner, Nelson Entertainment/Castle Rock Entertainment, 1989.

I am dying of thirst by the side of the fountain.

Charles d'Orléans

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Topic

Thirst

Author

Charles d'Orléans

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

French

Time

1440 1440s 15th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 3

Citation

D'Orleans, Charles. "Je meurs de soif en couste la fontaine [I die of thirst beside the fountain]." Poesies de Charles d'Orleans. c. 1440.

When you really love somebody, you got to love everything about them. You got to love the crust of a motherfucker. You can’t just love the white part of the bread. You got to love the crust, the crumbs, the little fuckin' crumbs at the bottom of the toaster. That’s what the real motherfucker is.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Topic

Loving others Love

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bigger & Blacker

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history. It is human history. It permeated the ancient life of early peoples. It blazed anew in the Middle Ages. It was written in Magna Charta.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Third Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Democracy Human nature

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Source

Third Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Third Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1941, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Third Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, January 20, 1941." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother.

Ephesians 6:1-2

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Topic

Obedience Parents and children

Source

Ephesians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ephesians 6:1-2).

Either everyone feels like this a little bit and they’re just not talking about it or I am completely fucking alone.

Fleabag

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Topic

Modern life

Speaker

Fleabag

Actor

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Source

Fleabag

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Drama (TV) Comedy Drama

Language

English

Time

2016 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Episode #1.6." Fleabag, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, directed by Harry Bradbeer, season 1, episode 6, Two Brothers Pictures, 2016.

Because the house always wins. Play long enough, you never change the stakes, the house takes you. Unless, when that perfect hand comes along, you bet big, and then you take the house.

Ocean's Eleven

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Topic

Gambling

Speaker

Danny Ocean

Actor

George Clooney

Source

Ocean's Eleven

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ocean's Eleven. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Village Roadshow Pictures/NPV Entertainment/Jerry Weintraub Productions/Section Eight Productions, 2001.

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.

James Madison

Federalist 45

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Topic

National security Peacetime Political theory Politics Government

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 45 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 45: The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered." Independent Journal, 26 Jan. 1788.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "'No. 45: Whether the mass of powers will endanger the states.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

If equal affection cannot be
let the more loving one be me.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Unrequited love Generous love Love

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

The More Loving One

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "The More Loving One." Homage to Clio. ‎Faber and Faber/Random House, 1960.

Against my soul's pure truth why labor you
To make it wander in an unknown field?

William Shakespeare

The Comedy of Errors

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Topic

Temptation Dishonesty Honesty Truth

Speaker

Antipholus of Syracuse

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Comedy of Errors

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1594 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. The Comedy of Errors. 1594, Gray's Inn Hall, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

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

This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing room.

Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

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Topic

Patriarchy Societal values

Author

Virginia Woolf

Source

A Room of One's Own

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Hogarth Press/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1929, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Mariner Books, 2005, ch. 4.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:18

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Topic

Pride

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 16:18).

Human kind
Cannot bear very much reality.

T.S. Eliot

Burnt Norton

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Topic

Facing the truth Delusion Human nature

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

Burnt Norton Four Quartets

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 1.

Elections of any kind are fucking bourgeois affectation.

Milk

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Topic

Elections Democracy Politics

Speaker

Cleve Jones

Actor

Emile Hirsch

Source

Milk

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Biography

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Milk. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Axon Films/Groundswell Productions/Jinks/Cohen Company, 2008.

God don't make no mistakes, that's how he got to be God.

Archie Bunker

All in the Family

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Topic

Nature of God God

Speaker

Archie Bunker

Source

All in the Family

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Battle of the Month." All in the Family, written by Norman Lear and Michael Ross and Bernard West, directed by Bob LaHendro and John Rich, season 3, episode 24, Tandem Productions, 1973.