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Generosity is the essence of friendship.

Oscar Wilde

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Topic

Generosity Nature of friendship Friendship

Speaker

Miller

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Devoted Friend The Happy Prince and Other Stories

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1888 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Devoted Friend." The Happy Prince and Other Tales. London: Duckworth and Co., 1888.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Devoted Friend." Oscar Wilde: Complete Short Fiction, edited by Ian Small. Penguin Classics, 2003.

Those who say that we're in a time when there are not heroes, they just don't know where to look.

Ronald Reagan

First Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan

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Topic

Heroes Disenchanted world

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Source

First Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1981, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

My soul an't yours, Mas'r! You haven't bought it, -ye can't buy it! It's been bought and paid for, by one that is able to keep it.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Topic

The soul

Speaker

Uncle Tom

Author

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Source

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. "Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly." The National Era, 5 June 1851 - 1 Apr. 1852.

Current Citation

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin, edited by Elizabeth Ammons. W. W. Norton & Company, 2017, ch. 33.

Your future's all used up.

Touch of Evil

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Topic

The future

Speaker

Tanya

Actor

Marlene Dietrich

Source

Touch of Evil

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Crime drama (film) Crime drama

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Touch of Evil. Directed by Orson Welles, Universal-International, 1958.

Freedom is pitted against slavery; lightness against the dark.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

First Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Topic

Cold War Communism vs. democracy International politics

Speaker

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Source

First Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eisenhower, Dwight D. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1953, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Money is not for saving.

Yayoi Kusama

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Topic

Saving money Personal finances Money

Speaker

Yayoi Kusama

Source

Yayoi Kusama

Medium

Interview

Language

Japanese

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kusama, Yayoi. Interviewed by Damien Hirst. Published in the catalogue to accompany Now, an exhibition of Kusama’s work. Robert Miller Gallery, New York City, NY, USA.

It's the little differences. I mean they got the same shit over there that they got here, but it's just—it's just there it's a little different.

Pulp Fiction

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Topic

America and Europe

Speaker

Vincent Vega

Actor

John Travolta

Source

Pulp Fiction

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pulp Fiction. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart/Jersey Films, 1994.

No People can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the Affairs of men more than the People of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.

George Washington

First Inaugural Address of George Washington

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Topic

American founding God and America Early America

Speaker

George Washington

Source

First Inaugural Address of George Washington Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Washington, George. "First Inaugural Address." 30 Apr. 1789, Front balcony, Federal Hall, New York City, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Washington, George. "First Inaugral Address, April 30, 1789." George Washington: Writings, edited by John Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

There is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

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Topic

Declaration of Independence American Dream Equality Natural law

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Medium

Political debate

Language

English

Time

1858 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Debate with Stephen A. Douglas." 21 Aug. 1858, Ottawa, IL, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Ottawa, Illinois, August 21, 1858." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

Please let me keep this memory, just this one.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Topic

Memories

Speaker

Joel Barish

Actor

Jim Carrey

Source

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Science fiction (film) Romantic drama Science fiction

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Directed by Michel Gondry, Anonymous Content/This Is That, 2004.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall...abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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Topic

Fourteenth Amendment Civil rights Civil Rights Amendments

Source

Constitution of the United States

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

United States Constitution. Amend. 14.

Current Citation

The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Written by Delegates of The Constitutional Convention. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 14.

I know death hath ten thousand several doors
For men to take their exits.

John Webster

The Duchess of Malfi

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Topic

Death

Speaker

The Duchess

Author

John Webster

Source

The Duchess of Malfi

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

English

Time

1614 1610s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Webster, John. The Duchess of Malfi. King's Men, c. 1614, Blackfriars Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Webster, John. "The Duchess of Malfi." The Duchess of Malfi, The White Devil, The Broken Heart and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, edited by Jane Kingsley-Smith. Penguin Classics, 2015, act 4, sc. 2.

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

Haruki Murakami

Kafka on the Shore

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Topic

Memory

Speaker

Miss Saeki

Author

Haruki Murakami

Source

Kafka on the Shore

Medium

Novel

Language

Japanese

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Murakami, Haruki. 海辺のカフカ [Kafka on the Shore]. Shinchosha, 2002.

Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.

Samuel Johnson

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Topic

Change Progress

Author

Samuel Johnson

Source

A Dictionary of the English Language

Language

English

Time

1755 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Hooker, Richard. Quoted in A Dictionary of the English Language, by Samuel Johnson. London: J & P Knapton, 1755, preface.

Current Citation

Hooker, Richard. Quoted in A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology, by Samuel Johnson. Penguin Classics, 2007, preface.

King Solomon loved many strange women.

1st Kings 11:1

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Topic

Sex

Source

1st Kings The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

538 BC 530s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Kings 11:1).

Be happy, drink, think each day your own as you live it and leave the rest to fortune.

Euripides

Alcestis

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Topic

Letting go Contentment Happiness Fate

Speaker

Heracles

Author

Euripides

Source

Alcestis

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

438 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Euripides. Ἄλκηστις [Alcestis]. 438 BC, City Dionysia festival, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Euripides. "Alcestis." Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Hercules, Hippolytus, edited and translated by Richard Lattimore, et. al. University of Chicago Press, 2013.

I'm not conceited-I'm convinced!

Little Richard

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Topic

Confidence Conviction Arrogance

Author

Little Richard

Source

The Arsenio Hall Show

Medium

Interview TV program

Statement Type

Boast

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Little Richard. The Arsenio Hall Show, written by Steven Alan Green, Paramount Domestic Television, 1990.

You know the message you're sending out to the world with these sweatpants? You're telling the world, "I give up. I can't compete in normal society. I'm miserable, so I might as well be comfortable."

Seinfeld

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Topic

Athleisure Clothing Giving up

Speaker

Jerry Seinfeld

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Pilot." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Peter Mehlman, directed by Tom Cherones, season 4, episode 23, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1993.

You see him laboring to produce bons mots.

Molière

The Misanthrope

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Topic

Quotations

Speaker

Celimene

Author

Molière

Source

The Misanthrope

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Comedy

Language

French

Time

1666 1660s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Moliere. Le Misanthrope ou L'Atrabilaire [The Misanthrope of the Cantankerous Lover]. 4 June 1666, Theatre du Palais-Royal, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 5.

The press, confined to truth, needs no other legal restraint; the public judgment will correct false reasonings and opinions, on a full hearing of all parties; and no other definite line can be drawn between the inestimable liberty of the press and its demoralizing licentiousness.

Thomas Jefferson

Second Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson

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Topic

Freedom of the press

Speaker

Thomas Jefferson

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1805 1800s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1805, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.