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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

Atticus Finch

To Kill a Mockingbird

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Empathy Different perspectives

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Atticus Finch

Actor

Gregory Peck

Source

To Kill a Mockingbird

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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To Kill a Mockingbird. Directed by Robert Mulligan, Brentwood Productions, 1962.

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There's no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.

Frank Herbert

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Balance Flexibility Adaptability Waves

Speaker

Darwi Odrade

Author

Frank Herbert

Source

Chapterhouse: Dune

Genre

Science fiction

Statement Type

Advice Zen koan

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Herbert, Frank. Chapterhouse: Dune. Putnam, 1985.

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Success is relative:
It is what we can make of the mess we have
made of things.

T.S. Eliot

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Success

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Agatha

Author

T.S. Eliot

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The Family Reunion

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Eliot, T. S. The Family Reunion. Performed by Michael Redgrave, Helen Haye, and Catherine Lacey. 1939, Westminster Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 2, sc. 3.

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There it is, ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning.

Howard Cosell

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Decline of New York City New York City

Speaker

Howard Cosell

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Cosell, Howard. Reporting a fire during the World Series. World Series. 12 Oct. 1977, Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY, USA.

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Cosell, Howard. Quoted in The Bronx is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City, written by Jonathan Mahler. Picador, 2007, ch. 64.

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The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

Wilfred Owen

Dulce et Decorum Est

A Latin phrase, originally from Horace's Odes, meaning "it is sweet and fitting to die for the homeland."

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Dying for one's country Self-sacrifice Patriotism War

Author

Wilfred Owen

Source

Dulce et Decorum Est

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

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Owen, Wilfred. "Dulce et Decorum Est." Poems by Wilfred Owen. Chatto & Windus, 1920.

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Owen, Wilfred. "Dulce et Decorum Est." The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen. Random House UK, 2018.

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You dipped the chip. You took a bite. And you dipped again. That’s like putting your whole mouth right in the dip! From now on, when you take a chip-just take one dip and end it.

Seinfeld

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Manners

Speaker

Timmy

Actor

Kieran Mulroney

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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"The Implant." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Peter Mehlman, directed by Tom Cherones, season 4, episode 19, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1993.

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The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.

Willa Cather

The Professor's House

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Limits of knowledge Inscrutability Connecting with others Intimacy

Author

Willa Cather

Source

The Professor's House

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Cather, Willa. The Professor's House. Alfred A. Knopf, 1925, bk. 1, ch. 8.

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Always let your conscience be your guide.

Pinocchio

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Decisions and choices Conscience

Speaker

Jiminy Cricket

Actor

Cliff Edwards

Source

Pinocchio

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Pinocchio. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, Walt Disney Productions, 1940.

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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

Edgar Allan Poe

New York Evening Mirror

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Unexpected visitors Guests and visitors

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

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The Raven New York Evening Mirror

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." New York Evening Mirror, 29 Jan. 1845, st. 1.

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick F. Quinn. Library of America, 1984, st. 1.

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Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a glorious voyage.

Joachim Du Bellay

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Les Regrets

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Effects of travel Travel

Author

Joachim Du Bellay

Source

Les Regrets

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1558 1550s 16th century

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Du Bellay, Joachim. "Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage." Les Regrets. Paris: Fédéric Morel, 1558.

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Du Bellay, Joachim. "Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a fine journey." The Regrets, translated by David R. Slavitt. Northwestern University Press, 2003.

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Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!

George Wallace

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Jim Crow Segregation Civil rights

Speaker

George Wallace

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Era

Civil Rights Movement

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Wallace, George. "Inaugural Speech." 14 Jan. 1963, Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, AL, USA.

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I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of human rights.

Desmond Tutu

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Equality Human rights

Speaker

Desmond Tutu

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Tutu, Desmond. The Today Show, NBC, 9 Jan. 1985.

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Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.

Roger Miller

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Being present Experiencing things Rain

Author

Roger Miller

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TV program

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Miller, Roger. Roger Miller and His Friends. ABC, 1 Jan. 1973.

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We had found the secret of life!

Francis Crick

On the discovery of the structure of DNA in 1953.

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DNA Genetics Biology

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Francis Crick

Source

The Double Helix

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Crick, Frances. Quoted in The Double Helix, by James D. Watson. Atheneum Press/Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968, ch. 26.

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Truth is the first casualty in war.

Ethel Snowden

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Women and War

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War and truth

Author

Ethel Snowden

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Women and War

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

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Snowden, Ethel. "Women and War." Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the National Education Association. 1915.

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And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there-
O! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave!

Francis Scott Key

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The Star-Spangled Banner

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American flag

Author

Francis Scott Key

Source

The Star-Spangled Banner

Medium

Song

Language

Engish

Time

1814 1810s 19th century

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Key, Francis Scott. "Defence of Fort M'Henry." Analectic Magazine, 1814.

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Key, Francis Scott. The Star-Spangled Banner. Composed by John Stafford Smith. Became official national anthem of the United States on March 3, 1931.

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A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Adlai Stevenson

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Nature of freedom Freedom Political theory

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Adlai Stevenson

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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Stevenson, Adlai. "Safeguards Against Communism." 7 Oct. 1952, Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, USA.

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Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose-garden.

T.S. Eliot

Burnt Norton

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The road not taken Grass is always greener Counterfactual history

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

Burnt Norton Four Quartets

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 1.

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The very touch of the letter was as if you had taken me all into your arms.

Anaïs Nin

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Letters

Author

Anaïs Nin

Source

Letters of Anaïs Nin

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Nin, Anaïs and Henry Miller. "August 6, 1932." A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953, edited by Gunther Stuhlmann. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1987.

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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

Woody Allen

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Immortality through art Artistic legacy Immortality Death

Speaker

Woody Allen

Source

On Being Funny: Woody Allen and His Comedy

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

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Allen, Woody. Quoted in On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy, written by Eric Lax. Charterhouse, 1975.

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