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Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull.

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Topic

Inner life Totalitarianism

Author

George Orwell

Source

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 1, ch. 1.

The last time I trusted you we ended up with a son.

Do the Right Thing

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Topic

Trusting others Men and women

Speaker

Tina

Actor

Rosie Perez

Source

Do the Right Thing

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Drama (film) Comedy drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Do the Right Thing. Directed by Spike Lee, 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks, 1989.

I love you, but I love me more.

Samantha

Sex and the City

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Topic

Loving oneself

Speaker

Samantha

Actor

Kim Cattrall

Source

Sex and the City

Medium

TV program

Genre

Romantic comedy (TV) Comedy (TV) Romantic comedy Comedy

Statement Type

Profession of love

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Luck Be an Old Lady." Sex and the City, written by Darren Star and Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky, directed by John David Coles, season 5, episode 3, Darren Star Productions, 2002.

I don't like gentlemen who grin at me.

Notorious

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Topic

Pursuing women Men and women

Speaker

Alicia Huberman

Actor

Ingrid Bergman

Source

Notorious

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Spy (film) Spy

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Notorious. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, RKO Pictures/Vanguard Films, 1946.

I'll be back.

The Terminator

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Speaker

Terminator

Actor

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Source

The Terminator

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Terminator. Directed by James Cameron, Hemdale/Pacific Western Productions/Euro Film Funding/Cinema '84, 1984.

Worldly renown is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes this way and now comes that, and changes name because it changes quarter.

Dante Alighieri

Purgatorio

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Topic

Fickleness of fame Fame

Speaker

Oderisi

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

Purgatorio The Divine Comedy

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1321 1320s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dante. "Purgatorio [Purgatory]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Dante. "The Purgatorio." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Be good and you will be lonesome.

Mark Twain

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

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Topic

Holding to one's principles Loneliness Moral principles Morality

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897, frontispiece.

You're a legend in your own mind.

Sudden Impact

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Topic

Delusion Legends

Speaker

Harry Callahan

Actor

Clint Eastwood

Source

Sudden Impact

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Thriller (film) Action Thriller

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sudden Impact. Directed by Clint Eastwood, Warner Bros., 1983.

To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle,
Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

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Topic

Miracles

Author

Walt Whitman

Source

Miracles Leaves of Grass

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Miracles." Leaves of Grass. Boston: J. R. Osgood, 1881-82.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Miracles." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002.

Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Jesus

Matthew 4:19

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Topic

Following Jesus Evangelism

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 4:19).

God is enough for me: there is no God but He. In him I have put my trust.

Muhammad

The Quran

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Topic

God and man Faith

Speaker

Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

The Quran. c. 630, 9:129.

Current Citation

The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 9.

I love you so much and I hate this war so much.

Casablanca

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Topic

Love and war Love

Speaker

Ilsa Lund

Actor

Ingrid Bergman

Source

Casablanca

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1942.

In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interests are at stake.

Aristotle

Politics

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Topic

Causes of revolution Revolution

Author

Aristotle

Source

Politics

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 5.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.

How did things ever get so far? I don't know.

Don Vito Corleone

The Godfather

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Topic

Cycle of violence

Speaker

Don Vito Corleone

Actor

Marlon Brando

Source

The Godfather

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Godfather. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures/Alfran Productions, 1972.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

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Topic

Laughter

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

A Christmas Carol

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1843 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: Chapman & Hall, 1843, stave 3.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. "A Christmas Carol." A Christmas Carol and Other Writings, edited by Michael Slater. Penguin, 2003, stave 3.

Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away…a man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.

Socrates

Quoted in Phaedo, by Plato

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Topic

Suicide

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Phaedo

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

360 BC 360s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Φαίδων [Phaedo], written by Plato. c. 360 BC.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in "Phaedo." Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, written by Plato, translated by G. M. A. Grube and John M. Cooper. Hackett Publishing, 2002.

Things past redress are now with me past care.

William Shakespeare

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Topic

Letting go of the past Letting go

Speaker

Duke of York

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 2, sc. 3.

Current Citation

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

Uncomplicate yourself.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Topic

Simplicity

Author

Marcus Aurelius

Source

Meditations

Medium

Personal journal

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Latin

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 4.

If you find a man who points out faults and who reproves, follow such a wise person as you would a guide to hidden treasure.

Gautama Buddha

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Topic

Self-improvement Openness to criticism Criticism

Author

Gautama Buddha

Source

The Dhammapada

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Pali

Time

520 BC 520s BC 6th century BC

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Dhammapada. c. 550 BC, v. 76.

Current Citation

The Dhammapada, edited and translated by Valerie Roebuck. Penguin Classics, 2010, v. 76.

"If there is hope," he had written in the diary, "it lies in the proles."

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Topic

The masses

Author

George Orwell

Source

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 1, ch. 8.