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What a woman thinks of women is the test of her nature.

George Meredith

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Topic

Women criticizing women Women

Author

George Meredith

Source

Diana of the Crossways

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Meredith, George. Diana of the Crossways. London: Chapman and Hall, 1885. Originally published in Fortnightly, 1884.

It was divine nature which gave us the country, and man's skill that built the cities.

Marcus Terentius Varro

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Topic

Rural vs. urban Cities

Author

Marcus Terentius Varro

Source

On Agriculture (Varro)

Language

Latin

Time

27 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Varro, Marcus Terentius. Rerum rusticarum libri tres [Three Books on Agriculture]. 1st century BC, bk. 3.

The person who is searching for his own happiness should pull out the dart that he has stuck in himself, the arrow-head of grieving, of desiring, of despair.

Pali Tipitaka

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Topic

Attachment (Buddhism) Seeking Personal liberation

Source

Pali Tipitaka

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Sanskrit

Time

100 BC 100s BC 2nd century BC

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Pali Tipitaka. c. 100 BC, Khuddaka Nikaya, Sutta-Nipata v. 592

Current Citation

Meghaprasara, Matthew. New Guide to the Tipitaka. Sangha of Books, 2013, Khuddaka Nikaya, Sutta-Nipata, v. 592.

There's no eternity to the things we can touch. My master used to say, there's nothing we can hold onto in this world. Only by letting go can we finally possess what is real.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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Topic

Letting go Impermanence

Speaker

Master Li Mu Bai

Actor

Chow Yun-fat

Source

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Medium

Film

Genre

Martial arts (film) Fantasy (film) Martial arts Fantasy

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Directed by Ang Lee, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia/Good Machine International/Edko Films/Zoom Hunt Productions/China Film Co-production Corp./Asia Union Film & Entertainment, 2000.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I am not a crook.

Richard Nixon

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Topic

Watergate Political scandals American politics Politics

Speaker

Richard Nixon

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Lies

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nixon, Richard. Associated Press Managing Editors Annual Conference. 17 Nov. 1973, Disney's Contemporary Resort, Orlando, FL. Q and A Session.

No matter how honestly you open up to someone, there are still some things you can’t reveal.

Haruki Murakami

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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Topic

Vulnerability Intimacy Connecting with others

Author

Haruki Murakami

Source

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Medium

Novel

Language

Japanese

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Murakami, Haruki. 色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年 [Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage]. Bungeishunju, 2013.

Water's precious. Sometimes it can be more precious than gold.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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Speaker

Howard

Actor

Walter Huston

Source

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros.-First National, 1948.

The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is to a more violent world.

Hannah Arendt

On Violence

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Topic

Violence

Author

Hannah Arendt

Source

On Violence

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Arendt, Hannah. "On Violence." Crises of the Republic. Vintage, 1972, ch. 3. Originally published as "A Special Supplement: Reflections on Violence." by The New York Review, 27 Feb. 1969.

By love serve one another.

Apostle Paul

Galatians 5:13

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Topic

Loving others

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Galatians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

50 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Galatians 5:13).

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Evelyn Waugh

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Topic

Punctuality

Author

Evelyn Waugh

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Waugh, Evelyn. Diary Entry. 26 March 1962.

Love comes from blindness,
Friendship comes from knowledge.

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

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Topic

Love and friendship Love Friendship

Author

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

Source

Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules: Maximes d'Amour.

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1665 1660s 17th century

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Citation

De Bussy-Rabutin, Roger. Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules [Love history of the Gauls]. Cork: Editions à la Croix de Malte, 1665.

Reality denied comes back to haunt.

Philip K. Dick

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

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Topic

Facing the truth Delusion

Author

Philip K. Dick

Source

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dick, Philip K. Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said. Doubleday, 1974, ch. 15.

I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.

Langston Hughes

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

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Topic

Rivers

Author

Langston Hughes

Source

The Negro Speaks of Rivers The Crisis

Medium

Poem Magazine

Statement Type

Vision

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hughes, Langston. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." The Crisis, June 1921, I. 5.

Current Citation

Hughes, Langston. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." The Weary Blues. Alfred A. Knopf, 2015, I. 5.

It was the remark of a Roman consul in an early period of that celebrated Republic that a most striking contrast was observable in the conduct of candidates for offices of power and trust before and after obtaining them, they seldom carrying out in the latter case the pledges and promises made in the former.

William Henry Harrison

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison

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Topic

Campaign promises Politics

Speaker

William Henry Harrison

Source

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Harrison, William Henry. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1841, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Perfectionism Expectations Accepting others Self-acceptance

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 14.

And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.

Genesis 7:12

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Topic

Rain Noah's flood

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Genesis 7:12).

You must pay for everything in this world, one way or another. There is nothin' free except the grace of God.

True Grit

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Topic

No free lunch

Speaker

40-Year-Old Mattie Ross

Actor

Elizabeth Marvel

Source

True Grit

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

True Grit. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Skydance Productions/Mike Zoss Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2010.

Ain't nobody from outside bringing down the property value. It's these folk, shootin' each other and sellin' that crack rock and shit.

Boyz n the Hood

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Topic

Crack epidemic Inner city issues

Speaker

The Old Man

Actor

Whitman Mayo

Source

Boyz n the Hood

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Drama (film) Coming of age Drama

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Boyz n the Hood. Directed by John Singleton, Columbia Pictures, 1991.

For who hath known the mind of the Lord?

Apostle Paul

Romans 11:34

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Topic

Understanding God

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 11:34).

To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affection. It is the first link in the series by which we proceed towards a love to our country and to mankind.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Topic

Political theory

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

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.