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It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Muhammad Ali

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Boxing Vocation

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Muhammad Ali

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Life With Ali (in a Neutral Corner) The New York Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Ali, Muhammad. "Life with Ali (in a Neutral Corner)." Interviewed by Joyce Maynard. The New York Times, 6 Apr. 1977.

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Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever He had a chosen people, whose breasts He has made His peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.

Thomas Jefferson

Notes on the State of Virginia

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Salt of the earth Farmers

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Thomas Jefferson

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Notes on the State of Virginia

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

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Jefferson, Thomas [published anonymously]. Notes on the State of Virginia. Paris: Philippe Denis Pierres, 1785, query 19.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia, edited by Frank Shuffelton. Penguin Classics, 1998, query 19.

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The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

Voltaire

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Oversharing

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Voltaire

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Seven Discourses on Man, in Verse

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French

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

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Voltaire. "Sixieme Discours: Sur la Nature de l'Homme [Sixth Discourse: On the Nature of Man]." Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme [Seven Discourses on Man]. 1738, no. 6.

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Character is higher than intellect.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The American Scholar

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The American Scholar

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Speech

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English

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1837 1830s 19th century

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar." Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College. 31 Aug. 1837, First Parish in Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar (1837)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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Praised be You, my Lord, with all your creatures,
especially Sir Brother Sun,
Who is the day and through whom You give us light.

St. Francis of Assisi

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The Canticle of Brother Sun

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The sun

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St. Francis of Assisi

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The Canticle of Brother Sun

Medium

Song

Language

Umbrian

Time

1226 1220s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Francis of Assisi. Cantico di frate Sole [Canticle of Brother Sun]. c. 1226.

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Francis of Assisi. Canticle of the Sun, illustrated by Fiona French. Ignatius Press, 2006.

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You know, Jerry, I'm going to tell you something. Friendship is a two-way street. Do you know that? And you couldn't care less about me.

The King of Comedy

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Nature of friendship Friendship

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Rupert Pupkin

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

The King of Comedy

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Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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The King of Comedy. Directed by Martin Scorses, Embassy International Pictures, 1982.

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I consider false words to be the foulest sickness.

Aeschylus

Prometheus Bound

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Lies

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Prometheus

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Aeschylus

Source

Prometheus Bound

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play Greek theater

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Aeschylus. Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης [Promethus Bound]. c. 430 BC.

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Aeschylus. Promethus Bound. Dover Publications, 1996.

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With method and logic one can accomplish anything!

Agatha Christie

The Kidnapped Prime Minister

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Logic

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Agatha Christie

Source

The Kidnapped Prime Minister Poirot Investigates

Medium

Short story

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1924 1920s 20th century

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Christie, Agatha. "The Kidnapped Prime Minister." Poirot Investigates. The Bodley Head, 1924.

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Money... Is none of the wheels of trade: It is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy.

David Hume

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Money

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David Hume

Source

Of Money Political Discourses

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Essay

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

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English

Time

1752 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Hume, David. "Of Money." Political Discourses. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, 1752, no. 3.

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Hume, David. "Of Money." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary: Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and Mark A Box. Oxford University Press, 2022, pt. 2, no. 3.

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Now for some reason I fit in the army like one of them round pegs. It's not really hard. You just make your bed real neat, remember to stand up straight, and always answer every question with, "Yes, Drill Sargent!"

Forrest Gump

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The Army The military

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Forrest Gump

Actor

Tom Hanks

Source

Forrest Gump

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Forrest Gump. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, The Tisch Company, 1994.

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All men are liable to error, and most men are in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

John Locke

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding

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Inevitability of mistakes Mistakes

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John Locke

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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding

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Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1690 1690s 17th century

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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. London: Thomas Basset, 1690, bk. 4, ch. 20, sect. 17.

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Locke, John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, edited by Pauline Phemister. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, ch. 20, sect. 17.

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Thrice blessed (and more) are they whom an unbroken bond holds and whose love, never strained by nasty quarrels, will not slip until their dying day.

Horace

Odes

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Love Hashtag blessed Relationships

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Horace

Source

Odes

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 1, no. 13.

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Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 13.

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The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

Abraham Lincoln

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Just cause Perseverance Fear of failure American Civil War

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Abraham Lincoln

Source

The Sub-Treasury: Speech at a Political Discussion

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1839 1830s 19th century

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Lincoln, Abraham. "The Sub-Treasury: Speech at a Political Discussion." 26 Dec. 1839, Hall of the House of Representatives, Springfield, IL, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech on the Sub-Treasury at Springfield, Illinois, December 26, 1839." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Silence is golden Staying quiet Tact and discretion

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Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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There is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. There is no prosthetic for that.

Scent of a Woman

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Giving up

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Lt. Col. Frank Slade

Actor

Al Pacino

Source

Scent of a Woman

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Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

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English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Scent of a Woman. Directed by Martin Brest, City Lights Films, 1992.

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The Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.

God

1st Samuel 16:7

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God and man Appearance vs. reality

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God

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1st Samuel The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

722 BC 720s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (1st Samuel 16:7).

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First we feel. Then we fall.

James Joyce

Finnegans Wake

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James Joyce

Source

Finnegans Wake

Medium

Novel

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. Faber and Faber, 1939.

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Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. Wordsworth, 2012.

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Everybody wants results but nobody wants to do what they have to do to get them done.

Sudden Impact

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Dirty work Fighting crime

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

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

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Though men can cover crimes with bold stern looks,
Poor women's faces are their own faults' books.

William Shakespeare

The Rape of Lucrece

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Poker face Secrets Men and women

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Rape of Lucrece

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1594 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. The Rape of Lucrece. London: Richard Field, 1594, I. 1252.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Rape of Lucrece." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, I. 1252.

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Weed is from the earth. God put this here for me and you. Take advantage man, take advantage.

Friday

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Marijuana

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Smokey

Actor

Chris Tucker

Source

Friday

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Friday. Directed by F. Gary Gray, New Line Productions/Ghetto Bird Productions, 1995.

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