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Well, what Jesus fails to appreciate is it's the meek who are the problem.

Monty Python's Life of Brian

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Topic

Meekness Beatitudes

Speaker

Reg

Actor

John Cleese

Source

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Monty Python's Life of Brian. Directed by Terry Jones, Handmade Films/Python (Monty) Pictures, 1979.

America seeks no earthly empire built on blood and force. No ambition, no temptation, lures her to thought of foreign dominions.

Calvin Coolidge

Second Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge

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American imperialism America and the world

Speaker

Calvin Coolidge

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Coolidge, Calvin. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1925, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Artistic expression Art

Author

Henry Ward Beecher

Source

Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit

Medium

Sermon

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Beecher, Henry Ward. Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887.

This is what defeat looks like, bro. Your jihad is over.

Zero Dark Thirty

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Jihad War on Terrorism

Speaker

Dan

Actor

Jason Clarke

Source

Zero Dark Thirty

Medium

Film

Genre

Thriller (film) Thriller

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Zero Dark Thirty. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Columbia Pictures/First Light Productions/Annapurna Pictures, 2012.

The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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Topic

Inner life Thinking for oneself

Author

Henri Frederic Amiel

Source

Journals of Henri Frederic Amiel

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Amiel, Henri-Frédéric. Journal entry. 7 Jan. 1866.

As in religion, so in politics, it is faith, and not despondency, that overcomes mountains and scales the heavens.

William Seward

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Topic

Overcoming obstacles Faith Courage

Author

William Seward

Source

Speech on Election Eve, 1863

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Seward, William. Speech on election eve. c. 1863, Washington, DC, USA.

The whole universe depends on everything fitting together, just right. If one piece busts, even the smallest piece...the entire universe will get busted.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

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Topic

Nature of the universe The universe Interconnectedness of all things

Speaker

Hushpuppy

Actor

Quvenzhané Wallis

Source

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy (film) Drama (film) Fantasy Drama

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Beasts of the Southern Wild. Directed by Benh Zeitlin, Cinereach/Journeyman Pictures/Court 13 Pictures, 2012.

I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning.

Donald Trump

On treating Covid-19 with cleaning products.

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Covid-19

Speaker

Donald Trump

Language

English

Time

2020 2020s 21st century

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Citation

Trump, Donald. Remarks at White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing. 23 Apr. 2020, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which society, with all its combinations of skill and force, can do in his favor.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Topic

Freedom Human rights Political theory Politics

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

There is a sense in which we are all each other's consequences.

Wallace Stegner

All the Little Live Things

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all people Man as social animal Relationships

Author

Wallace Stegner

Source

All the Little Live Things

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Stegner, Wallace. All the Little Live Things. Penguin Publishing Group, 1991.

Looking back to it as a sacred instrument carefully and not easily framed; remembering that it was throughout a work of concession and compromise; viewing it as limited to national objects; regarding it as leaving to the people and the States all power not explicitly parted with, I shall endeavor to preserve, protect, and defend it by anxiously referring to its provision for direction in every action.

Martin Van Buren

Inaugural Address of Martin van Buren

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Topic

US Constitution

Speaker

Martin Van Buren

Source

Inaugural Address of Martin van Buren Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Van Buren, Martin. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1837, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion and medicine, law, business, engineering. These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

Dead Poets Society

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Topic

Poetry Purpose of life Life

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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions.

Tom Wolfe

Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers

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Topic

Radicalism Elites

Author

Tom Wolfe

Source

Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wolfe, Tom. "Radical Chic." Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. Originally an essay called "These Radical Chic Evenings." New York Magazine, June 1970.

Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he
Who finds himself, loses his misery.

Matthew Arnold

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Topic

Being true to oneself Authenticity

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Self-Dependence

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Arnold, Matthew, [published as A]. "Self-Dependence." Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852, l. 31.

He is a liar, and the father of it.

Jesus

John 8:44

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Topic

The devil Lies

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 8:44).

That voice, the one that tells you you're worthless and stupid and ugly…it goes away, right?

Bojack Horseman

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Topic

Self-hatred Self-doubt Self-criticism Self-esteem

Speaker

Hollyhock

Actor

Aparna Nancherla

Source

Bojack Horseman

Medium

TV program

Genre

Drama (TV) Comedy (TV) Drama Comedy

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"Stupid Piece of Sh*t." BoJack Horseman, written by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Alison Tafel, directed by Anne Walker Farrell, season 4, episode 6, ShadowMachine and Tornante Company, 2017.

'Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes.

Christopher Bullock

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Certainty Death Taxes

Speaker

Toby Guzzle

Author

Christopher Bullock

Source

The Cobler of Preston, a Farce

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedic play

Language

English

Time

1716 1710s 18th century

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Citation

Bullock, Christopher. The Cobler of Preston. 24 Jan. 1716, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London, England, UK.

When I search for man in the technique and the style of Europe, I see only a succession of negations of man, and an avalanche of murders.

Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

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Topic

European imperialism Europe

Author

Frantz Fanon

Source

The Wretched of the Earth

Genre

Anti-colonial literature Political literature

Language

French

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fanon, Frantz. Les Damnes de la Terre [The Wretched of the Earth]. Francois Maspero, 1961, conclusion.

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more—the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that lures us on to joys, to perils, to love, to vain effort—to death; the triumphant conviction of strength, the heat of life in the handful of dust, the glow in the heart that with every year grows dim, grows cold, grows small, and expires—and expires, too soon, too soon—before life itself.

Joseph Conrad

Youth

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Topic

Youth Looking back

Author

Joseph Conrad

Source

Youth Blackwood's Magazine

Medium

Short story Magazine

Language

English

Time

1898 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Youth: A Narrative." Blackwood's Magazine. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, Sept. 1898.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Youth." Heart of Darkness and Other Tales, edited by Cedric Watts. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Love distills desire upon the eyes,
love brings bewitching grace into the heart
of those he would destroy.
I pray that love may never come to me
with murderous intent,
in rhythms measureless and wild.
Not fire nor stars have stronger bolts
than those of Aphrodite sent
by the hand of Eros, Zeus' child.

Euripides

Hippolytus

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Power of love Love

Speaker

Chorus

Author

Euripides

Source

Hippolytus

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

428 BC 420s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Euripides. Ἱππόλυτος [Hippolytus]. 428 BC, City Dionysia festival, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Euripides. "Hippolytus." Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus, edited and translated by Richard Lattimore, et. al. University of Chicago Press, 2013.