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Teachers never die. They live in your memory forever. They were there when you arrived, they were there when you left. Like fixtures. Once in a while they taught you something. But not that often. And, you never really knew them, any more than they knew you. Still, for awhile, you believed in them. And-if you were lucky-maybe there was one who believed in you.

The Wonder Years

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Teachers

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

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

"Goodbye." The Wonder Years, written by Neal Marlens and Carol Black and Bob Brush, directed by Michael Dinner, season 3, episode 20, The Black/Marlens Company and New World Television, 1990.

The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Danger of a Single Story

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Stereotypes

Speaker

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Source

The Danger of a Single Story

Medium

Speech

Genre

TED Talk

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. “The Danger of a Single Story.” TED, July 2009, https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story/transcript?language=en.

People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care.

High Noon

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Topic

Rule of law Law and order

Speaker

Martin Howe

Actor

Lon Chaney Jr.

Source

High Noon

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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Citation

High Noon. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Stanley Kramer Productions, 1952.

Marxian socialism must always remain a portent to the historians of opinion—how a doctrine so illogical and so dull can have exercised so powerful and enduring an influence over the minds of men and, through them, the events of history.

John Maynard Keynes

The End of Laissez-faire

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Marxism

Author

John Maynard Keynes

Source

The End of Laissez-faire

Medium

Essay

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. The End Of Laissez-faire. Hogarth Press, 1926, pt. 3.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "The End of Laissaz-faire." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016, ch. 3.

We are in the midst of a cold war which is getting warmer.

Bernard Baruch

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Topic

Cold War

Speaker

Bernard Baruch

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Baruch, Bernard M. Address before the Senate's Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program. Senate Committee meeting. 24 Oct. 1947, Senate Office Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Museums have today become the new churches.

Christian Boltanski

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Topic

Art and religion Museums Decline of religion The Church Art

Speaker

Christian Boltanski

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Boltanski, Christian. Interview with Tamar Garb. Christian Boltanski. Phaidon Press, 1997, p. 11.

We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is.

Charles Evans Hughes

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Topic

Constitutional law US Constitution Legal theory

Speaker

Charles Evans Hughes

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Hughes, Charles Evans. Speech before the Chamber of Commerce. 3 May 1907, Elmira, NY, USA.

Inequality...has the natural and necessary effect, under the present circumstances, of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalising our lower class.

Matthew Arnold

Equality

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Economic inequality

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Equality

Language

English

Time

1879 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Equality." Mixed Essays. London: Smith, Elder & Co./New York: Macmillan and Co., 1879.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window.

Raymond Chandler

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Topic

Blondes Beautiful women Women

Author

Raymond Chandler

Source

Farewell, My Lovely

Medium

Novel

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. Alfred A. Knopf, 1940, ch. 13.

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids.

Psalm 132:4

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Topic

Falling asleep Sleep

Source

Psalms The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 132:4).

Democracy is a method of finding proximate solutions for insoluble problems.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Topic

Democracy Political theory Politics

Author

Reinhold Niebuhr

Source

The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Niebuhr, Reinhold. The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944.

They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone—the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.

Louis Brandeis

Olmstead v. United States

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Right to privacy Fourth Amendment Bill of Rights Constitutional law

Author

Louis Brandeis

Source

Olmstead v. United States

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Dissenting opinion Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Brandeis, Louis. Dissenting Opinion. Olmstead v. United States. United States Reports, vol. 277, 4 June 1928, pp. 471-485. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/277/438/.

Have regrets. They are fuel.

Geoff Dyer

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Topic

Regrets What motivates people Motivation

Author

Geoff Dyer

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Dyer, Geoff. Quoted in "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction: Part 1." Guardian, 19 Feb. 2010, www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/20/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-one.

The life of white men is slavery. They are prisoners in towns or farms. The life my people want is a life of freedom. I have seen nothing that a white man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country, and live in our own fashion.

Sitting Bull

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Topic

Modern life Native American life Simple living Freedom

Speaker

Sitting Bull

Source

On the Great Highway: The Wanderings and Adventures of a Special Correspondent

Medium

Interview

Language

Lakota

Time

19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Sitting Bull. Statement to journalist James Creel. 1882.

Current Citation

Sitting Bull. Quoted in Great Speeches by Native Americans, edited by Bob Blaisdell. Dover Publications, 2012.

The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States.

Salmon P. Chase

Texas v. White

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Topic

US Constitution

Author

Salmon P. Chase

Source

Texas v. White

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Era

Reconstruction

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Citation

Chase, Salmon P. United States, Supreme Court. Texas v. White. United States Reports, vol. 74, 12 Apr. 1869, pp. 700-743. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/74/700/.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

William Hazlitt

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Learning from the past Judging the past The past

Author

William Hazlitt

Source

On Reading New Books

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1827 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On Reading New Books." Monthly Magazine, July 1827.

Current Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On Reading New Books." The Selected Writings of William Hazlitt. Vol. 9, Routledge, 2020.

Oh! the old swimmin' hole! When I last saw the place,
The scenes was all changed, like the change in my face.

James Whitcomb Riley

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Topic

Remembering one's youth Aging

Author

James Whitcomb Riley

Source

The Old Swimmin' Hole

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1883 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Riley, James Whitcomb [published as Benjamin F. Johnson of Boone County]. "The Old Swimmin' Hole." The Old Swimmin' Hole and 'Leven More Poems. Indianapolis: George C. Hitt & Co., 1883, st. 5.

Current Citation

Riley, James Whitcomb. "The Old Swimmin' Hole." Little Orphant Annie and Other Poems. Dover Publications, 2011, st. 5.

I believe in two things: discipline and the Bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.

The Shawshank Redemption

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Topic

Discipline Trust in God Prison

Speaker

Warden Samuel Norton

Actor

Bob Gunton

Source

The Shawshank Redemption

Medium

Film

Genre

Prison drama (film) Drama (film) Prison drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Shawshank Redemption. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.

I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.

William James

Pragmatism

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Topic

Existence of God

Author

William James

Source

Pragmatism

Genre

Philosophical speech

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

James, William. "Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered." Nov. 1906, Lowell Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

James, William. "Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered." Pragmatism. Dover Publications, 2018.

Every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies," there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

James M. Barrie

Peter Pan

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Topic

Fairies

Speaker

Peter Pan

Author

James M. Barrie

Source

Peter Pan

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Barrie, James M. Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Performed by Gerald du Maurier, Nina Boucicault, Joan Burnett, Christine Silver, A.W. Baskcomb, and Alice DuBarry. 27 Dec. 1904, Duke of York's Theatre, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 1.

Current Citation

Barrie, James M. Peter Pan. Reader's Library Classics, 2022, ch. 3.