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Three may keepe counsayle, if two be away.

John Heywood

Proverbs (Heywood)

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Topic

Keeping secrets Secrets

Author

John Heywood

Source

Proverbs (Heywood)

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 2, ch. 5.

But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Joshua

Joshua 24:15

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Topic

Serving God

Speaker

Joshua

Source

Joshua The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

Hebrew

Time

1385 BC 1380s BC 14th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Joshua 24:15).

The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.

Emperor Hirohito

Part of Emperor Hirohito's broadcast announcing Japan's surrender after the atom bomb had destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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Topic

The atom bomb Nuclear weapons World War II

Speaker

Emperor Hirohito

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Understatement

Language

Japanese

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Emperor Hirohito. The Jewel Voice. 15 Aug. 1945, Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. Broadcast.

Home is wherever I'm with you.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Home

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Topic

Home

Speaker

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Source

Home

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. "Home." Up from Below. Vagrant Records/Rough Trade Records, 2009.

Abstinence sows sand all over
The ruddy limbs and flaming hair,
But Desire gratified
Plants fruits of life and beauty there.

William Blake

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Topic

Desire

Author

William Blake

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Abstinence sows sand all over." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy…the fear to attack!

Dr. Strangelove

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Topic

Deterrence Military strategy Strategy

Speaker

Dr. Strangelove

Actor

Peter Sellers

Source

Dr. Strangelove

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) War (film) Black comedy War

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dr. Strangelove. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Hawk Films, 1964.

You know, it's very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it’s over, I don’t know what to do with the rest of my life.

Iñigo Montoya

The Princess Bride

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Topic

Revenge

Speaker

Iñigo Montoya

Actor

Mandy Patinkin

Source

The Princess Bride

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Fantasy (film) Comedy Fantasy

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Communications/Buttercup Films/The Princess Bride Ltd., 1987.

A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way. But intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

New ideas Discovery Intuition Innovation Creativity

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

Letters of Albert Einstein

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Letter to Dr. H. L. Gordon." Quoted in Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, 2007. Originally from Letter to Dr. H. L. Gordon, 3 May 1949.

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

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Topic

Pessimism Impossibility of progress

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:15).

Because only one thing counts in this life. Get them to sign on the line which is dotted.

Glengarry Glen Ross

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Topic

What really matters Sales

Speaker

Blake

Actor

Alec Baldwin

Source

Glengarry Glen Ross

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Orders and commands Assonance

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.

Acts 17:19-21

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Topic

Athens and Jerusalem

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:19-21).

I do know of these
That therefore only are reputed wise
For saying nothing.

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

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Topic

Staying quiet

Speaker

Gratiano

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Merchant of Venice

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1598 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

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

To break a treaty is contempt for the gods. But to outwit an enemy is not only just and glorious-but profitable and sweet.

Plutarch

Plutarch's Lives

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Topic

Treaties Enemies

Author

Plutarch

Source

Plutarch's Lives

Genre

Biography

Language

Greek

Time

100 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Plutarch. "Agesilaus." Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. c. 2nd century.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "Agesilaus." Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Roman Lives, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009.

In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager and the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.

Casino

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Topic

Las Vegas

Speaker

Sam 'Ace' Rothstein

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

Casino

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Crime (film) Epic Crime

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Casino. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Syalis D. A./Legende Entreprises De Fina/Cappa, 1995.

You'll have bad times, but it'll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention to.

Good Will Hunting

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Topic

Relationship challenges Relationships Yin and yang

Speaker

Sean

Actor

Robin Williams

Source

Good Will Hunting

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological drama (film) Drama (film) Psychological drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Good Will Hunting. Directed by Gus Van Sant, Be Gentlemen, 1997.

Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals.

Buzz Aldrin

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Topic

Second place Winning

Speaker

Buzz Aldrin

Source

Vanity Fair

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Aldrin, Buzz. "Buzz Aldrin Is Not All That Impressed With Walking on the Moon." Interviewed by Eric Spitznagel. Vanity Fair, 25 June 2010.

What a long, strange trip it's been.

The Grateful Dead

Truckin'

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Topic

Drugs

Speaker

The Grateful Dead

Source

Truckin' American Beauty

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hunter, Robert. "Truckin'." Performed by The Grateful Dead. American Beauty. Warner Records, 1970.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

Simone Weil

Gravity and Grace

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Topic

Moral theory Sin

Author

Simone Weil

Source

Gravity and Grace

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Weil, Simone. La Pensanteur et la Grace [Gravity and Grace], edited by Gustave Thibon. Plon, 1947.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "To Desire Without an Object." Gravity and Grace, edited by Gustave Thibon, translated by Emma Crawford and Mario van der Ruhr. Routledge, 2002.

Every day above ground is a good day.

Scarface

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Topic

Life

Speaker

Bernstein

Actor

Harris Yulin

Source

Scarface

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gone!

Robert Burns

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Topic

Beauty fades The ephemeral Beauty

Author

Robert Burns

Source

Will Ye Go and Marry Katie?

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

1764 1760s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Burns, Robert. Will Ye Go and Marry Katie? c. 1764.