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I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.

2001: A Space Odyssey

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Topic

Making the most

Speaker

HAL 9000

Actor

Douglas Rain

Source

2001: A Space Odyssey

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

2001: A Space Odyssey. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick Productions, 1968.

Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 4:2

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Topic

Settled agriculture

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: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 4:2).

Taxation without representation is tyranny.

James Otis

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Topic

Taxation without representation Taxes

Speaker

James Otis

Language

English

Time

1761 1760s 18th century

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Citation

Otis, James. Quoted in The Life of James Otis, written by William Tudor, Jr. Wells and Lilly, 1823.

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want, and then advise them to do it.

Harry Truman

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Topic

Parents and children Raising kids

Speaker

Harry Truman

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Truman, Harry S. Interviewed by Margaret Truman. Person to Person, CBS. 27 May 1955.

A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good.

Andy Warhol

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

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Topic

Food

Author

Andy Warhol

Source

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975, ch. 6.

How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Special moments Stillness Meaning of life

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. 22.

To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength,
Gives in your weakness strength unto your foe

William Shakespeare

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Topic

Fear of the enemy Fear

Speaker

Bishop of Carlisle

Author

William Shakespeare

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1595 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Richard II. 9 Dec. 1595, The house of Edward Hoby, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Richard the Second." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.

Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.

The Big Lebowski

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Topic

Nihilism Naziism Political ideology

Speaker

Walter Sobchak

Actor

John Goodman

Source

The Big Lebowski

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime comedy (film) Comedy (film) Crime comedy Comedy

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Big Lebowski. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Working Title Films, 1998.

Unfortunately, many Americans live on the outskirts of hope—some because of their poverty, and some because of their color, and all too many because of both. Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1964 State of the Union

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Topic

Poverty American politics

Speaker

Lyndon B. Johnson

Source

1964 State of the Union Presidential State of the Union address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Johnson, Lyndon B. "State of the Union Address." Joint congress meeting. 8 Jan. 1964, US Capital Building, Washington, DC, USA.

I see the waves upon the shore,
Like light dissolved in star-showers, thrown.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples

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Waves Shore Nature scene

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1824 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples." Posthumous Poems. London: John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824, I. 11.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Stanzas Written in Dejection-December 1818, near Naples." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 11.

No, I want someone to tell me what to wear every morning. I want someone to tell me what to eat. What to like, what to hate, what to rage about, what to listen to, what band to like, what to buy tickets for, what to joke about, what not to joke about. I want someone to tell me what to believe in, who to vote for, who to love and how to tell them.

Fleabag

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Topic

Downsides of freedom Modern life

Speaker

Fleabag

Actor

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Source

Fleabag

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Drama (TV) Comedy Drama

Language

English

Time

2019 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Episode #2.4." Fleabag, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, directed by Harry Bradbeer, season 2, episode 4, Amazon Studios and British Broadcasting Corporation, 2019.

This is the Earth, at a time when the dinosaurs roamed a lush and fertile planet. A piece of rock just 6 miles wide changed all that. It hit with the force of 10,000 nuclear weapons. A trillion tons of dirt and rock hurtled into the atmosphere, creating a suffocating blanket of dust the sun was powerless to penetrate for a thousand years. It happened before. It will happen again. It's just a question of when.

Armageddon

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Topic

End of the world The world End times

Source

Armageddon

Medium

Film

Genre

Disaster (film) Science fiction (film) Disaster Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Armageddon. Directed by Michael Bay, Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films/Valhalla Motion Pictures, 1998.

Maybe we both realized that growing up doesn’t have to be so much a straight line as a series of advances and retreats.

The Wonder Years

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Topic

Growing up

Speaker

Narrator (Adult Kevin Arnold)

Actor

Daniel Stern

Source

The Wonder Years

Medium

TV program

Genre

Coming of age (TV) Comedy (TV) Coming of age Comedy

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Swingers." The Wonder Years, written by Neal Marlens and Carol Black, directed by Carol Black and Neal Marlens, season 1, episode 2, The Black/Marlens Company and New World Television, 1988.

Let me tell you a little something I've learned about women. They want you to come get them. They love it.

Garth Algar

Wayne's World

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Topic

Nature of women Pursuing women Women

Speaker

Garth Algar

Actor

Dana Carvey

Source

Wayne's World

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wayne's World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Pictures, 1992.

I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When wild in woods the noble savage ran.

John Dryden

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Topic

Nature of man Freedom Noble savage

Speaker

Almanzor

Author

John Dryden

Source

The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1670 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dryden, John. The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards. King's Company, 1670, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, pt. 1, act 1.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "The Conquest of Granada, Part 1." The Works of John Dryden, edited by John Loftis, David Stuart Rodes and Vinton A. Dearing. Vol. 11. University of California Press, 1978, act 2, sc. 2

We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Winston Churchill

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Topic

World War II

Speaker

Winston Churchill

Medium

Radio broadcast

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Give Us The Tools." BBC Radio, London, England, UK, 9 Feb. 1941.

I know we've only known each other four weeks and three days, but to me it seems like nine weeks and five days. The first day seemed like a week and the second day seemed like five days. And the third day seemed like a week again and the fourth day seemed like eight days. And the fifth day you went to see your mother and that seemed just like a day, and then you came back and later on the sixth day, in the evening, when we saw each other, that started seeming like two days, so in the evening it seemed like two days spilling over into the next day and that started seeming like four days, so at the end of the sixth day on into the seventh day, it seemed like a total of five days. And the sixth day seemed like a week and a half.

The Jerk

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Topic

Nature of time Passage of time Time

Speaker

Navin Johnson

Actor

Steve Martin

Source

The Jerk

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Jerk. Directed by Carl Reiner, Aspen Film Society, 1979.

There's a saying, every man is put on Earth condemned to die, time and method of execution unknown.

The Twilight Zone

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Topic

Inevitability of death The human condition

Speaker

Narrator (Twilight Zone)

Actor

Rod Serling

Source

The Twilight Zone

Medium

TV program

Genre

Science fiction (TV) Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Escape Clause." The Twilight Zone, written by Rod Serling, directed by Mitchell Leisen, season 1, episode 6, Cayuga Productions and CBS Television Network, 1959.

If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

John Steinbeck

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Topic

Taking one's time Patience

Author

John Steinbeck

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Steinbeck, John. Letter to Thom Steinbeck. 10 Nov. 1958.

The Indian...stands free and unconstrained in Nature, is her inhabitant and not her guest, and wears her easily and gracefully. But the civilized man has the habits of the house. His house is a prison.

Henry David Thoreau

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Topic

Native American life

Author

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Journals of Henry David Thoreau

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. Journal entry. 26 Apr. 1841.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "April 26 [1841]." I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Yale University Press, 2007.