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No, I don't think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.

Rhett Butler

Gone with the Wind

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Kisses

Speaker

Rhett Butler

Actor

Clark Gable

Source

Gone with the Wind

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Historical romance (film) Epic Historical romance

Statement Type

Sexual innuendo

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Gone with the Wind. Directed by Victor Fleming. Selznick International Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

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What a loss to spend that much time with someone, only to find out that she's a stranger.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Broken relationships Relationships

Speaker

Joel Barish

Actor

Jim Carrey

Source

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Science fiction (film) Romantic drama Science fiction

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Directed by Michel Gondry, Anonymous Content/This Is That, 2004.

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The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.

George Washington

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Foreign policy International politics

Author

George Washington

Source

Washington's Farewell Address Presidential Farewell Address

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

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Washington, George. "The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America on His Declining the Presidency of the United States." Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 19 Sept. 1796.

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Washington, George. "Farewell Address, September 19, 1796." George Washington: Writings, edited by John Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

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No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.

John Milton

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Nature of man Freedom

Author

John Milton

Source

The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1649 1640s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Milton, John. The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates. London: Matthew Simons, 1649.

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Milton, John. "The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting.

George Orwell

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Sports

Author

George Orwell

Source

The Sporting Spirit

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Orwell, George. "The Sporting Spirit." Tribune (London), 14 Dec. 1945.

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Orwell, George. "The Sporting Spirit." The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, vol. 4: In Front of Your Nose 1945-1950, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 1999, no. 12.

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I don't oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

Barack Obama

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Iraq War

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Barack Obama

Source

Speeches of Barack Obama

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Obama, Barack. Speech to anti-war rally. 2 Oct. 2002, Federal Plaza, Chicago, IL, USA.

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The rich get richer, that's the law of the land.

Glengarry Glen Ross

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Economic inequality The rich

Speaker

Dave Moss

Actor

Ed Harris

Source

Glengarry Glen Ross

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Glengarry Glen Ross. Directed by James Foley, Zupnik Enterprises, 1992.

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We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us.

Edmund Burke

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Political agitation

Author

Edmund Burke

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Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

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Burke, Edmund. Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents. London: J. Dodsley, 1770.

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Burke, Edmund. "Thoughts on the Present Discontents." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

Carl Sagan

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Ephemeral nature of life Nature of time

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Carl Sagan

Source

Cosmos

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Sagan, Carl. Cosmos. Random House, 1980, ch. 2.

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I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Doing drugs Drugs

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Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

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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What he hath scanted men in hair, he hath given them in wit.

William Shakespeare

The Comedy of Errors

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Baldness

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Dromio of Syracuse

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Comedy of Errors

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1594 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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

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

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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

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Beginning of time Origin of the universe Creation of the world Creation The world

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Strength to Love

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Tests of character Helping others

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

Strength to Love

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. Strength to Love. Harper & Row, 1963, ch. 3.

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I know we're all pretty small in the big scheme of things, and I suppose the most you can hope for is to make some kind of difference, but what kind of difference have I made? What in the world is better because of me?

About Schmidt

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Making a difference Looking back

Speaker

Warren Schmidt

Actor

Jack Nicholson

Source

About Schmidt

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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About Schmidt. Directed by Alexander Payne. New Line Cinema, 2002.

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I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

Willa Cather

O Pioneers!

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Trees Nature

Speaker

Marie Tovesky

Author

Willa Cather

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O Pioneers!

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

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Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, pt. 2, ch. 8.

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Cather, Willa. O Pioneers, edited by Sharon O'Brien. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, pt. 2, ch. 8.

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Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Ayn Rand

The Fountainhead

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Privacy Civilization

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Ayn Rand

Source

The Fountainhead

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

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Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. Bobbs Merrill, 1943, pt. 4, ch. 18.

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I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything.

T.H. Huxley

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Doubt and skepticism

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T.H. Huxley

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Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

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Huxley, Thomas Henry. Letter to Herbert Spencer. 22 Mar. 1886.

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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Kubla Khan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1816 1810s 19th century

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Kubla Khan." Christabel; Kubla Khan, a Vision; The Pains of Sleep. London: John Murray, 1816, I. 1.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Kubla Khan." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 1.

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He that will have his Son have a Respect for him and his Orders, must himself have a great Reverence for his Son.

John Locke

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

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Raising kids Fathers and sons

Author

John Locke

Source

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

Medium

Treatise

Genre

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. 71.

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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. 71.

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There is nothing in the dark that wasn't there when the lights were on.

The Twilight Zone

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The dark

Speaker

Narrator (Twilight Zone)

Actor

Rod Serling

Source

The Twilight Zone

Medium

TV program

Genre

Science fiction (TV) Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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"Nothing in the Dark." The Twilight Zone, written by George Clayton Johnson and Rod Serling, directed by Lamont Johnson, season 3, episode 16, Cayuga Productions and CBS Television Network, 1962.

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