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The way I saw it, everybody takes a beating sometime.

Henry Hill

Goodfellas

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The human condition Adversity Hard times

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Henry Hill

Actor

Ray Liotta

Source

Goodfellas

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros., 1990.

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Can these bones live?

God

Ezekiel 37:3

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Life after death Resurrection

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God

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Ezekiel The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

570 BC 570s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ezekiel 37:3).

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Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a fucked-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Manic pixie dream girls Men and women

Speaker

Clementine Kruczynski

Actor

Kate Winslet

Source

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Medium

Film

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

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English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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

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If you don’t like what is being said, then change the conversation.

Don Draper

Mad Men

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Conversation

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Don Draper

Actor

Jon Hamm

Source

Mad Men

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TV program

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Drama (TV) Drama

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English

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2009 2000s 21st century

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"Love Among the Ruins." Mad Men, written by Matthew Weiner and Cathryn Humphris and Kater Gordon, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, season 3, episode 2, Lionsgate Television and Weiner Bros., 2009.

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There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out.

William Shakespeare

Henry V

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Good and evil Yin and yang

Speaker

King Henry V

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William Shakespeare

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Henry V

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Play

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History (play)

Language

English

Time

1599 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Henry V. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1599, The Curtain, Shoreditch, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Henry the Fifth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

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I'm surrounded by idiots.

The Lion King

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Stupid people

Speaker

Scar

Actor

Jeremy Irons

Source

The Lion King

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Film

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Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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The Lion King. Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Feature Animation, 1994.

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Superstition is the poetry of life.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Superstition

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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German

Time

1823 1820s 19th century

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Own and Assimilated Material." Über Kunst und Altertum [On Art and Antiquity]. 1823, vol. 4, issue 2.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "From Art and Antiquity: Vol IV, Issue 2: Own and Assimilated Material (1823)." Maxims and Reflections, edited by Peter Hutchinson, translated by Elisabeth Stopp. Penguin Classics, 1999.

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The snows have fled, now grass returns to the fields and leaves to the trees.

Horace

Odes

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Spring Seasons

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Horace

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Odes

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Poem

Language

Latin

Time

11 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 4, no. 7.

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Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, no. 7.

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For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Psalm 90:4

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God and time Nature of time

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Psalms The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 90:4).

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Because you are a character doesn't mean you have character.

Pulp Fiction

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Speaker

The Wolf

Actor

Harvey Keitel

Source

Pulp Fiction

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Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

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English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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

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We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Apostle Paul

2nd Corinthians 4:8-9

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Perseverance

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Apostle Paul

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2nd Corinthians The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Corinthians 4:8-9).

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Not to be born surpasses thought and speech.
The second best is to have seen the light
And then to go back quickly whence we came.

Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus

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Being born Death as a blessing

Speaker

Chorus

Author

Sophocles

Source

Oedipus at Colonus

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Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

406 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Sophocles. Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ [Oedipus at Colonus]. 401 BC, Festival of Dionysus, Athens, Greece.

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Sophocles. "Oedipus at Colonus." The Three Theban Plays: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Odeipus at Colonus, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2000.

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He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!

Horace

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Getting started

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Horace

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Epistles 1

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Letter

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Latin

Time

20 BC 20s 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Horace. Epistularum liber primus [First Book of Letters]. 20 BC, bk. 1, epistle 2.

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Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1, epistle 2.

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I have no idea what I'm doing, but I know I'm doing it really really well.

Parks and Recreation

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Doing a good job Fake it 'til you make it

Speaker

Andy Dwyer

Actor

Chris Pratt

Source

Parks and Recreation

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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"The Camel." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Rachel Axler, directed by Millicent Shelton, season 2, episode 9, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2009.

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And seek for truth in the groves of Academe.

Horace

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Seeking the truth Truth Learning Education

Author

Horace

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Epistles 2

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Letter

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Latin

Time

14 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Horace. Epistularum liber secundus [Second Book of Letters]. 14 BC, bk. 2, epistle 2.

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Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 2, epistle 2.

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Freedom and incentives unleash the drive and entrepreneurial genius that are the core of human progress.

Ronald Reagan

Second Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan

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Incentives Political theory Theory of progress Progress Capitalism

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Ronald Reagan

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Second Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Reagan, Ronald. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 1985, United States Capitol rotunda, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Ocean and sea Salt water Water Thirst Irony

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 2.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2.

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This England never did nor never shall
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror.

William Shakespeare

The Life and Death of King John

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England

Speaker

Bastard

Author

William Shakespeare

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The Life and Death of King John

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Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "The Life and Death of King John." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 5, sc. 7.

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Shakespeare, William. "King John." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 7.

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We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

Hesiod

Theogony

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Lying Telling the truth

Author

Hesiod

Source

Theogony

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Hesiod. Θεογονία [Theogony]. c. 700 BC, l. 27-28.

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Hesiod. "Theogony." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 27-28.

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Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.

Thomas Jefferson

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Newspapers Media

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Thomas Jefferson

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Letter

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English

Time

1807 1800s 19th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to John Norvell. 14 June 1807.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "John Norvell, 14 June 1807." The Portable Thomas Jefferson, edited by Merrill D. Peterson. Penguin Classics, 1977.

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