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Good counselors lack no clients.

William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure

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Topic

Lawyers

Speaker

Pompey Bum

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Measure for Measure

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Measure for Measure." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Measure for Measure." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 2.

Living well is the best revenge.

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum

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Topic

Living well Revenge

Author

George Herbert

Source

Jacula Prudentum

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

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

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 520.

Come out of your warm, angular house, resounding with few voices, into the chill, grand, instantaneous night, with such a Presence as a full moon in the clouds.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

Experiencing nature Man and nature Civilization and nature

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Journal entry. 11 May 1838.

The words we use are the worlds we live in.

Richard Ford

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Topic

Power of words Language

Speaker

Richard Ford

Source

Rumpus

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Ford, Richard. "The Rumpus Interview with Richard Ford." Interviewed by Ben Pfeiffer. Rumpus, Nov. 26, 2014, therumpus.net/2014/11/the-rumpus-interview-with-richard-ford/

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

Lord Acton

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Topic

Abuse of power Power Great men Corruption

Speaker

Lord Acton

Source

Letters of Lord Acton

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Lord Acton. Letter to Archbishop Mandell Creighton. 5 Apr. 1887.

The deepest definition of Youth is, Life as yet untouched by tragedy.

Alfred North Whitehead

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Topic

Youth

Author

Alfred North Whitehead

Source

Adventures of Ideas

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Adventures of Ideas. The Macmillan Company/Simon and Schuster, 1933, ch. 20, sec. 5.

There are no small steps in great affairs.

Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz

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Topic

Going for it Taking risks

Author

Jean-Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1717 1710s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gondi Paul De, Jean-Francois. Memoires du Cardinal de Retz [The Memoirs of the cardinal de Retz]. c. 1717, bk. 2.

Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
'Til you find your dream.

The Sound of Music

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Topic

Following your dreams Taking risks

Speaker

Sister Margaretta

Actor

Anna Lee

Source

Climb Every Mountain The Sound of Music

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical (film) Drama (film) Musical Drama

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Climb Every Mountain." The Sound of Music. Directed by Robert Wise, performed by Peggy Wood, Argyle Enterprises, 1965.

If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own.

Xenophanes

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Topic

Nature of God God and man God Anthropomorphism

Author

Xenophanes

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK21 B15.

Current Citation

Xenophanes. "Xenophanes of Colophon." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford World Classics, 2009, DK21 B15.

I'll have what she's having.

When Harry Met Sally…

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Speaker

Older Woman Customer

Actor

Estelle Reiner

Source

When Harry Met Sally…

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy (film) Romantic comedy Comedy

Statement Type

Sexual innuendo

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

When Harry Met Sally... Directed by Rob Reiner, Nelson Entertainment/Castle Rock Entertainment, 1989.

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Winston Churchill

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Topic

World War II No surrender

Speaker

Winston Churchill

Source

We Shall Fight on the Beaches

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "We Shall Fight on the Beaches." House of Commons meeting. 4 June 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Dunkirk: Wars Are Not Won by Evacuations." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

And the wind shall say:
"Here were decent godless people:
Their only monument the asphalt road
And a thousand lost golf balls."

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

Disenchanted world Modern life

Speaker

Second Male Voice

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

The Rock

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Rock. 1934, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 1.

Remember the Alamo!

Sidney Sherman

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Topic

Texas

Speaker

Sidney Sherman

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1836 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Sherman, Sidney. Battle cry at San Jacinto. 21 Apr. 1836, San Jacinto, TX, USA.

When the lambs is lost in the mountain, he said. They is cry. Sometime come the mother. Sometime the wolf.

Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

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Topic

Predator and prey Dangerous world

Author

Cormac McCarthy

Source

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

Medium

Novel

Genre

Western literature

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West. Random House, 1985, ch. 5.

Baghdad is safe, protected. There are no American infidels in Baghdad.

Mohammed al-Sahhaf

From a press briefing during the 2003 American invasion of Iraq.

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Topic

Iraq War

Speaker

Mohammed al-Sahhaf

Medium

Press conference

Statement Type

Lies Propaganda

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Al-Sahhaf, Mohammed. Quoted in Sunday Telegraph. 13 Apr. 2003. Originally a press conference. c. 7 Apr. 2003, Baghdad, Iraq.

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Marthe Troly-Curtin

Phrynette Married

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Topic

Leisure Killing time Time

Author

Marthe Troly-Curtin

Source

Phrynette Married

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Troly-Curtin, Marthe. Phrynette Married. The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1912.

What did the president know and when did he know it?

Howard H. Baker, Jr.

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Topic

Watergate

Speaker

Howard H. Baker, Jr.

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Baker, Howard, Jr. Spoken at Senate Watergate Committee hearings. Senate Watergate Committee hearings. 25 June 1973, United States Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

You may keep one of your children. The other one must go.

Sophie's Choice

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Topic

Mothers and children Parents and children Decisions and choices

Speaker

SS Doctor

Actor

Karlheinz Hackl

Source

Sophie's Choice

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological drama (film) Drama (film) Psychological drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Sophie's Choice. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, Keith Barish Productions/ITC Entertainment, 1982.

I don't know where I'm going but I'll get there on time.

Robert Rauschenberg

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Topic

Journey vs. destination

Speaker

Robert Rauschenberg

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Zen koan

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rauschenberg, Robert. "Everything in Sight: Robert Rauschenberg's New Life." Interviewed by Calvin Tompkins. The New Yorker, 23 May 2005, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/05/23/everything-in-sight.

There's no business like show business.

Irving Berlin

There's No Business Like Show Business

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Topic

Hollywood Show business

Speaker

Ethel Merman

Author

Irving Berlin

Source

There's No Business Like Show Business

Medium

Song

Genre

Great American songbook

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Berlin, Irving. "There's No Business Like Show Business." Annie Get Your Gun. Performed by Ethel Merman. 1946, Imperial Theatre, New York City, NY, USA, act 1.