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Some men just don't like to be driven.

Thunderball

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Fiona

Actor

Luciana Paluzzi

Source

Thunderball

Medium

Film

Genre

Spy (film) Thriller (film) Spy Thriller

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Thunderball. Directed by Terence Young, Eon Productions, 1965.

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Whence is it that Nature does nothing in vain: and whence arises all that Order and Beauty which we see in the World?... does it not appear from Phenomena that there is a Being incorporeal, living, intelligent, omnipresent, who in infinite Space, as it were in his Sensory, sees the things themselves intimately, and throughly perceives them, and comprehends them wholly.

Isaac Newton

Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light

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God and nature Nature

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Isaac Newton

Source

Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1704 1700s 18th century

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1704, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 28.

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks. Dover Publications, 2012, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 28.

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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Oscar Wilde

Intentions

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Artistic vision Artists Art

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Vivian

Author

Oscar Wilde

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The Decay of Lying Intentions

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Decay of Lying." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Decay of Lying." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love,
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

Edgar Allan Poe

New-York Daily Tribune

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Young love True love Love

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

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Annabel Lee New-York Daily Tribune

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "Annabel Lee." New-York Daily Tribune, 9 Oct. 1849, st. 2.

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "Annabel Lee." Edgar Allen Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick F. Quinn. Library of America, 1984, st. 2.

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Virtue is harder to be got, than a Knowledge of the World; and, if lost in a young Man, is seldom recover'd.

John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

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Formation of character

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John Locke

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Some Thoughts Concerning Education

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Treatise

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Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1693 1690s 17th century

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Locke, John. Some Thoughts Concerning Education. London: A. and J. Churchill, 1693, sect. 70.

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Locke, John. "Some Thoughts Concerning Education." Some Thoughts Concerning Education and of the Conduct of the Understanding, edited by Ruth W. Grant and Nathan Tarcov. Hackett Publishing Company, 1996, sect. 70.

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There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best.

Doris Lessing

The Golden Notebook

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Second place Delusion Compromise

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Doris Lessing

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The Golden Notebook

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Novel

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English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook. Michael Joseph, 1962.

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You are a sad, strange little man and you have my pity. Farewell!

Buzz Lightyear

Toy Story

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Buzz Lightyear

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Tim Allen

Source

Toy Story

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Animation

Statement Type

Insult

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Toy Story. Directed by John Lasseter. Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures, 1995.

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If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning, concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: For it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.

David Hume

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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Mathematics Reason Rationalism

Author

David Hume

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Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy (In Three Parts) An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1748 1740s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Hume, David. "Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy (In Three Parts)." An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. London: A. Millar, 1748, sect. 12, pt. 3, para. 34.

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Hume, David. "Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy." An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp. Oxford University Press, 2000, sect. 12, pt. 3, para. 34.

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There is only one thing evil cannot stand and that is forgiveness.

Fred Rogers

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Overcoming evil Forgiveness

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

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. 62.

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This is a great and terrible world. I never knew there were so many men alive in it.

Rudyard Kipling

Kim

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The world

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Old Man (Kim)

Author

Rudyard Kipling

Source

Kim

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

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Kipling, Rudyard. "Kim." McClure's Magazine, Dec. 1900 - Oct. 1901.

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Kipling, Rudyard. Kim, edited by Zohreh T. Sullivan. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002.

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We are food for worms, lads...because, believe it or not, each and every one of us in this room is one day going to stop breathing, turn cold, and die.

Dead Poets Society

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Carpe diem Death The human condition

Speaker

John Keating

Actor

Robin Williams

Source

Dead Poets Society

Medium

Film

Genre

Teen (film) Drama (film) Teen Drama

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Dead Poets Society. Directed by Peter Weir, Touchstone Pictures/Silver Screen Partners IV, 1989.

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Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.

William Shakespeare

Titus Andronicus

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Mercy

Speaker

Tamora

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Titus Andronicus

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1594 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Titus Andronicus. Sussex's Men, 1594, The Rose, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Titus Andronicus." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 1.

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Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Dr. Seuss

The Lorax

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Change starts at home Changing the world

Author

Dr. Seuss

Source

The Lorax

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Seuss, Dr. The Lorax. Random House, 1971.

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History is a relay of revolutions.

Saul Alinsky

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Rules for Radicals

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History Revolution Plus ça change

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Saul Alinsky

Source

Rules for Radicals

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Alinksy, Saul. Rules for the Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals. Random House, 1971.

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You know the funny thing is, on the outside I was an honest man. Straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.

Andy Dufresne

The Shawshank Redemption

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Prison

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Andy Dufresne

Actor

Tim Robbins

Source

The Shawshank Redemption

Medium

Film

Genre

Prison drama (film) Drama (film) Prison drama Drama

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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The Shawshank Redemption. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.

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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

St. Jerome

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Eyes are the window to the soul Housework and homemaking Communication

Author

St. Jerome

Source

Letters of St. Jerome

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

394 390s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Saint Jerome. Letter to Furia. c. 394, sect. 13.

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Saint Jerome. "Letter LIV." Select Letters of Saint Jerome. Aeterna Press, 2015, sect. 13.

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Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation.

James Madison

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Civic virtue Virtue Political theory

Author

James Madison

Source

Judicial Powers of the National Government

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English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Madison, James. Judicial Powers of the National Government, 20 June 1788.

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Madison, James. Selected Writings of James Madison, edited by Ralph Ketcham. Hackett Publishing Company, 2006.

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Why should man be in love with his fetters, though of gold?

Francis Bacon

The Remains

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Wealth as burden Downsides of wealth Wealth

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Francis Bacon

Source

On Death The Remains

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Essay

Language

English

Time

1626 1620s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Bacon, Francis. "On Death." The Remains. London, 1648.

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I never sleep, 'cause sleep is the cousin of death.

Nas

N.Y. State of Mind

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Sleep and death Sleep

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Nas

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N.Y. State of Mind Illmatic

Medium

Song

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Nas and Chris Martin. "N.Y. State of Mind." Performed by Nas. Illmatic. Columbia Recordings, 1994.

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Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me. But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Jesus

Matthew 18:5-6

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Jesus and children Children

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Jesus

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Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 18:5-6).

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