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You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.

Rahm Emanuel

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2008 Financial Crisis Political strategy American politics Politics

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Rahm Emanuel

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Emanuel, Rahm. Quoted in "In Crisis, Opportunity for Obama." Written by Gerald F. Seib. Wall Street Journal, 21 Nov. 2008.

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O liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Freedom

Speaker

Jeanne Manon Philipon Roland de la Platiere [Madame Roland]

Author

Alphonse de Lamartine

Source

Histoire des Girondins

Genre

Historical literature

Language

French

Time

1793 1790s 18th century

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Madame Roland. Last words before her execution by guillotine. 8 Nov. 1793, Paris, France.

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Virtue is choked with foul ambition.

William Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part 2

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Ambition Virtue Duality of man

Speaker

Gloucester

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Henry VI, Part 2

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1594 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Henry the Sixth, Part 2. London: Thomas Millington, 1594, act 3, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Second Part of Henry the Sixth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 1.

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All art is biographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Federico Fellini

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Nature of art Art

Author

Federico Fellini

Source

The Atlantic

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Fellini, Federico. Quoted in The Atlantic, Dec. 1965.

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Whoever would lie usefully should lie seldom.

Lord Hervey

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Lying Liars Lies

Author

Lord Hervey

Source

Memoirs of the Reign of George II

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1743 1740s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Lord Hervey. Memoirs of the Reign of George II, edited by J. W. Croker. London: John Murray, 1848.

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Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or culture, or human happiness or a quiet conscience.

Two Concepts of Liberty

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Nature of freedom Freedom

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Isaiah Berlin

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Two Concepts of Liberty

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Speech

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Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

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Berlin, Isaiah. "Two Concepts of Liberty." 31 Oct. 1958, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.

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Berlin, Isaiah. Isaiah Berlin and the Politics of Freedom: ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ 50 Years Later, edited by Bruce Baum and Robert Nichols. Routledge, 2015.

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I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to... A total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence.

Hermann Goering

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The Holocaust World War II

Speaker

Hermann Goering

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

German

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

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Goering, Hermann. Directive to Reinhard Heydrich. 31 July 1941.

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The bodies of those that made such a noise and tumult when alive, when dead, lie as quietly among the graves of their neighbors as any others.

Jonathan Edwards

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Life and death Death

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Jonathan Edwards

Source

Procrastination

Medium

Sermon

Language

English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

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Edwards, Jonathan. "Procrastination or The Sin and Folly of Depending on Future Time." c. 1834. Sermon.

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History suggests only that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.

Milton Friedman

Capitalism and Freedom

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Political theory Freedom Capitalism

Author

Milton Friedman

Source

Capitalism and Freedom

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Friedman, Milton. Capitalism and Freedom. University of Chicago Press, 1962, ch. 1.

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How dull it is to pause, to make an end, -
To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use!
As tho' to breathe were life.

Alfred Tennyson

Poems

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Existing not living

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Alfred Tennyson

Source

Ulysses (Tennyson) Poems

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Poem

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English

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

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Tennyson, Alfred. "Ulysses." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 22.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Ulysses." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 22.

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If people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.

John Green

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Opposites attract Metaphor, analogy and simile

Author

John Green

Source

Looking for Alaska

Medium

Novel

Genre

Young adult fiction

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Green, John. Looking for Alaska. Dutton Juvenile, 2005.

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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

Francis Bacon

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Discovery Imagination

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Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

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Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5.

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Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 2, sect. 5.

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Grief is itself a med'cine.

William Cowper

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Grief

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William Cowper

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Charity Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq.

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1782 1780s 18th century

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Cowper, William. "Charity." Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. London: J. Johnson, 1782, I. 159.

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There is no man, good as he may be, who, if all his thoughts and actions were submitted to the scrutiny of the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Inner life Thoughts vs. actions Thoughts

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Michel de Montaigne

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Of Vanity Essays

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Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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De Montaigne, Michel. "De la Vanite [Of Vanity]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

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De Montaigne, Michel. "On Vanity." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.

Seneca the Younger

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Length of life What we can control

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Epistles (Seneca the Younger)

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

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They shall not pass.

Dolores Ibarruri

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Dolores Ibarruri

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Radio broadcast Speech

Statement Type

Declaration

Language

Spanish

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Ibarruri, Dolores. Radio broadcast. 19 July 1936, Madrid, Spain.

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Your father...was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

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Temptation of evil The Dark Side

Speaker

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Actor

Alec Guinness

Source

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. Directed by Richard Marquand, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1983.

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You should always except the present company.

John O'Keeffe

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The London Hermit

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Politeness Manners

Speaker

First Lady

Author

John O'Keeffe

Source

The London Hermit

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms Advice

Language

English

Time

1793 1790s 18th century

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O'Keeffe, John. The London Hermit; or, Rambles in Dorsetshire. 1793, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 2.

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For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

William Wordsworth

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

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Daffodils Flowers

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William Wordsworth

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1807 1800s 19th century

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Wordsworth, William. Poems, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807.

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Wordsworth, William. "I wandered lonely as a cloud." William Wordsworth: The Major Works including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable-but then, so did the divine right of kings.

Ursula K. Le Guin

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Anti-capitalism Capitalism

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Ursula K. Le Guin

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Speech

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Le Guin, Ursula K. Speech in Acceptance at the National Book Foundation Metal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. 19 Nov. 2014, The National Book Foundation, New York City, NY, USA, https://www.ursulakleguin.com/nbf-medal.

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