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All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

Clement Greenberg

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Nature of art Art

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Clement Greenberg

Source

The Nation

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Magazine

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English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Greenberg, Clement. The Nation. 7 Apr. 1945.

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One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum

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Fathers

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George Herbert

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Jacula Prudentum

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English

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1633 1630s 17th century

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Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.

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Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 682.

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I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.

D.H. Lawrence

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Man and animals Self-pity

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D.H. Lawrence

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Self-Pity Pansies

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Poem

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Lawrence, D.H. "Self-Pity." Pansies. Martin Secker, 1929, I. 1-2.

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Guns for show, knives for a pro.

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

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Guns Knives Weapons

Speaker

Soap

Actor

Dexter Fletcher

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Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime comedy (film) Crime comedy

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Directed by Guy Ritchie, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment/HandMade Films/SKA Films/The Steve Tisch Company/Summit Entertainment, 1998.

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We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

Kwame Nkrumah

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Self-determination Anti-colonialism

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Kwame Nkrumah

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English

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1967 1960s 20th century

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Nkrumah, Kwame. Axioms of Kwame Nkrumah. Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1967.

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One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.

James K. Polk

Inaugural Address of James K. Polk

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Minority rights Constitutional theory Legal theory US Constitution

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James K. Polk

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Inaugural Address of James K. Polk Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

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Political speech

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English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Polk, James K. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1845, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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For Justice, though she's painted blind,
Is to the weaker Side inclin'd.

Samuel Butler (Poet)

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Underdogs Justice

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Samuel Butler (Poet)

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Hudibras

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Poem

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English

Time

1678 1670s 17th century

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Butler, Samuel. Hudibras: The third and last part. London: Simon Miller, 1678, part 3, canto 3, l. 709-710.

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Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you.

El Guapo

Three Amigos!

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Nature of women Pursuing women Men and women Women

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El Guapo

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Alfonso Arau

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Three Amigos!

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Film

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Comedy (film) Western (film) Comedy Western

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English

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1986 1980s 20th century

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Three Amigos. Directed by John Landis, Orion Pictures, 1986.

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He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.

Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Life as simulation Dreams

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Douglas Adams

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Medium

Novel

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Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Pan Books, 1979, ch. 1.

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When you dance with the devil, you wait for the song to stop.

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Taking risks

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Barry The Baptist

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Lenny McLean

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Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

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Film

Genre

Crime comedy (film) Crime comedy

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English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Directed by Guy Ritchie, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment/HandMade Films/SKA Films/The Steve Tisch Company/Summit Entertainment, 1998.

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You think you are dying for your country; you die for the industrialists.

Anatole France

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Anti-war Dying for one's country Patriotism War

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Anatole France

Source

L' Humanite

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Newspaper

Language

French

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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France, Anatole. "Une Lettre D'Anatole France." L'Humanite, 18 July 1922.

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The tree was already rotten. I just gave it a good shake and the rotten apples fell.

Pope John Paul II

On the Soviet Union.

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Fall of communism Communism

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Pope John Paul II

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Polish

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1996 1990s 20th century

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Pope John Paul II. Quoted in His Holiness: John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time, written by Carl Bernstein and Marco Politi. Doubleday, 1996.

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You know, I'm automatically attracted to beautiful-I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything...Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.

Donald Trump

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American politics

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Donald Trump

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English

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2005 2000s 21st century

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Trump, Donald. Recorded remarks to Billy Bush on Access Hollywood television program. Sept. 2005, Burbank, CA, USA.

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Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

John Bunyan

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Effective communication Communication

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John Bunyan

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The Epistle to Four Sorts of Readers The Holy City

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Treatise

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Religious literature

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English

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1665 1660s 17th century

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Bunyan, John. "The Epistle to Four Sorts of Readers." The Holy City. London, 1665.

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Bunyan, John. "The Holy City." The Miscellaneous Works of John Bunyan, edited by J. Sears McGee. Vol. 3, Clarendon Press, 1987.

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Your eyes are full of hate, forty-one. That's good. Hate keeps a man alive. It gives him strength.

Ben-Hur

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Power of hate Hate

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Quintus Arrius

Actor

Jack Hawkins

Source

Ben-Hur

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Film

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Epic (film) Historical drama (film) Epic Historical drama

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English

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

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Ben-Hur. Directed by William Wyler, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959.

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I don't throw darts at a board. I bet on sure things. Read Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Every battle is won before it is ever fought.

Gordon Gekko

Wall Street

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Rolling the dice Taking risks

Speaker

Gordon Gekko

Actor

Michael Douglas

Source

Wall Street

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Wall Street. Directed by Oliver Stone, American Entertainment Partners/American Films, 1987.

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The idea of knowing exactly where you're going is overrated.

Sarah Sze

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The New Yorker

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Journey vs. destination Wandering Exploration

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Sarah Sze

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Interview Magazine

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English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Sze, Sarah. "A Million Little Pieces." Interviewed by Andrea K. Scott. The New Yorker, 7 May 2012.

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The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.

Woody Allen

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Predator and prey Reconciliation

Author

Woody Allen

Source

The Scrolls

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

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Allen, Woody. "The Scrolls." Without Feathers. Random House, 1975.

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When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity.

C.L.R. James

The Black Jacobins

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Anti-imperialism

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C.L.R. James

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The Black Jacobins

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Political literature Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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James, C.L.R. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution. Secker & Warburg, 1938, ch. 5.

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Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in Letters of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell

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Seizing opportunities Opportunities

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Samuel Johnson

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James Boswell

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Letters of Samuel Johnson

Medium

Letter

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1777 1770s 18th century

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Johnson, Samuel. Letter to James Boswell. 1 Sept. 1777.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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