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Say not, When I have leisure I will study; perchance thou wilt never have leisure.

Hillel the Elder

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No time like the present Procrastination

Author

Hillel the Elder

Source

Talmud

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

10 10s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

The Talmud. The William Davidson Talmud. Pirkei Avot 2.

Current Citation

The Babylonian Talmud, translated by A. Cohen. Cambridge University Press, 2013, Mishnah "Pirqei Avot 2:5."

A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic

Ignorance Enlightenment

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ali, Muhammad. "Clay Says He Has Adopted Islam Religion and Regards It as Way to Peace." Interviewed by The Associated Press. The New York Times, 28 Feb. 1964.

Either they don't know...don't show...or don't care about what's going on in the hood.

Boyz n the Hood

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Topic

Inner city issues

Speaker

Doughboy

Actor

Ice Cube

Source

Boyz n the Hood

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Drama (film) Coming of age Drama

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Boyz n the Hood. Directed by John Singleton, Columbia Pictures, 1991.

Memory, my dear Cecily, is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Oscar Wilde

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

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Topic

Memory

Speaker

Miss Prism

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1895 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. 1895, St James's Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Importance of Being Earnest, edited by Michael Patrick Gillespie. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022, act 2.

Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.

Dr. Strangelove

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Topic

Doomsday machine Nuclear weapons

Speaker

Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson

Actor

George C. Scott

Source

Dr. Strangelove

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) War (film) Black comedy War

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dr. Strangelove. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Hawk Films, 1964.

Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

Job 34:10

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Topic

Nature of God God

Speaker

Elihu

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 34:10).

When we see a natural style, we are quite surprised and delighted, for we expected to see an author and we find a man.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Topic

Good writing Writing

Author

Blaise Pascal

Source

Pensées

Medium

Epigram

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1662 1660s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 29.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 29.

Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Psalm 127:1

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Topic

God is in control

Source

Psalms The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 127:1).

Nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defense.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Topic

Relentlessness of time Passage of time Time The human condition

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 12 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1609 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 12, I. 13.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 12.

Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love.

Annie Hall

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Topic

Masturbation

Speaker

Alvy Singer

Actor

Woody Allen

Source

Annie Hall

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Annie Hall. Directed by Woody Allen, A Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production, 1977.

So me think, why waste time say lot word, when few word do trick.

Kevin Malone

The Office

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Topic

Brevity Effective communication Communication

Speaker

Kevin Malone

Actor

Brian Baumgartner

Source

The Office

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Incentive." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Paul Lieberstein and Ricky Gervais, directed by Charles McDougall, season 8, episode 2, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2011.

The most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property.

James Madison

Federalist 10

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Topic

Political faction Property rights Politics

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 10 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Any dog under 50 pounds is a cat, and cats are pointless.

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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Topic

Cats and dogs Dogs Cats Pets

Speaker

Ron Swanson

Actor

Nick Offerman

Source

Parks and Recreation

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Emergency Response." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Norm Hiscock, directed by Dean Holland, season 5, episode 13, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2013.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

Genius The good die young

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Plato; or, The Philosopher

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Plato; or, The Philosopher." Representative Men. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1850.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Plato; or, The Philosopher." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.

Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

Homer Simpson

The Simpsons

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Topic

Failure

Speaker

Homer Simpson

Actor

Dan Castellaneta

Source

The Simpsons

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Bart vs. Thanksgiving." The Simpsons, written by Matt Groening and James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, directed by David Silverman, season 2, episode 7, Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television, 1990.

Time, the subtle thief of youth.

John Milton

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Topic

Passage of time Time Youth

Author

John Milton

Source

Poems of Mr. John Milton both English and Latin, compos'd at several times

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1645 1640s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Milton, John. Poems of Mr. John Milton both English and Latin, compos'd at several times. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1645, sonnet 7, I. 1.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Sonnet VII (How Soon Hath Time)." Milton: The Complete Poems, edited by John Leonard. Penguin, 1992, I. 1.

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.

Buddy

Elf

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Topic

Christmas

Speaker

Buddy

Actor

Will Ferrell

Source

Elf

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas (film) Comedy (film) Christmas Comedy

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Elf. Directed by Jon Favreau. New Line Cinema/Guy Walks Into a Bar Productions, 2003.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Topic

Reason for living

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Questionable assertions

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Walk to Freedom." 23 June 1963, Detroit, MI, USA.

YOU! ARE! A! TOOOOOOOY! You aren't the real Buzz Lightyear, you're an...you're an action figure! You are a CHILD'S PLAYTHING!

Toy Story

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Topic

Exasperation Delusion

Speaker

Woody

Actor

Tom Hanks

Source

Toy Story

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Animation

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Toy Story. Directed by John Lasseter. Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures, 1995.

What I need is perspective. The illusion of depth, created by a frame, the arrangement of shapes on a flat surface. Perspective is necessary. Otherwise there are only two dimensions. Otherwise you live with your face squashed against a wall, everything a huge foreground, of details, close-ups, hairs, the weave of the bedsheet, the molecules of the face.

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

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Topic

Perspective

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

The Handmaid's Tale

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985, ch. 24.