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You underestimate the power of the Dark Side. If you will not fight, then you will meet your destiny.

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

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Topic

Temptation of evil The Dark Side

Speaker

Darth Vader

Actor

James Earl Jones

Source

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. Directed by Richard Marquand, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1983.

Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Certainty

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Source

The Path of the Law

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." Address to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at the dedication of the new hall of the Boston University School of Law. 8 Jan. 1897, Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA, USA.

Current Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Path of the Law." The Essential Holmes: Selections from the Letters, Speeches, Judicial Opinions, and Other Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, edited by Richard A. Posner. University of Chicago Press, 1997.

My pencils outlast their erasers.

Vladimir Nabokov

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Editing Writing

Speaker

Vladimir Nabokov

Source

Strong Opinions

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Nabokov, Vladimir. "Anonymous." Strong Opinions. McGraw-Hill, 1973.

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Seneca the Younger

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Character Compliments

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Epistles (Seneca the Younger)

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

Current Citation

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

The agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire is neither holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

Voltaire

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Names

Author

Voltaire

Source

Essay on Manners

Language

French

Time

1756 1750s 18th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Voltaire. Essai sur l'Histoire Generale et sur les Moeurs et l'Espri des Nations [An Essay on Universal History, the Manners, and Spirit of Nations]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1756, ch. 70.

La familia es todo.

Breaking Bad

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Family

Speaker

Tio Salamanca

Actor

Mark Margolis

Source

Breaking Bad

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"One Minute." Breaking Bad, written by Thomas Schnauz, directed by Michelle MacLaren, season 3, episode 7, High Bridge/Gran Via Productions/Sony Pictures Television, 2010.

Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant,
The only harmless great thing.

John Donne

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Elephants Animals

Author

John Donne

Source

The Progress of the Soul Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

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Original Citation

Donne, John. "The Progress of the Soul." Poems. London: John Marriot, 1633, st. 39.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "The Progress of the Soul. Metempsychosis." John Donne: The Major Works, edited by John Carey. Oxford University Press, 2009, st. 39.

God dwells in the heart of all beings, Arjuna: thy God dwells in thy heart. And his power of wonder moves all things-puppets in a play of shadows-whirling them onwards on the stream of time.

Bhagavad Gita

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Pantheism God

Source

Bhagavad Gita

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Sanskrit

Time

200 BC 200s BC 3rd century BC

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita. c. 200 BCE, ch. 18, v. 61.

Current Citation

Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita, translated W. J. Johnson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 18, v. 61.

Take your stinking hands off me, you damn dirty human!

Planet of the Apes

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Speaker

Attar

Actor

Michael Clarke Duncan

Source

Planet of the Apes

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Science fiction

Statement Type

Irony Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Planet of the Apes. Directed by Tim Burton, 20th Century Fox/The Zanuck Company, 2001.

A joke worth laughing at always has an idea behind it, and usually a subversive idea.

George Orwell

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Topic

Jokes Power of humor

Author

George Orwell

Source

Charles Dickins Inside the Whale and Other Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Orwell, George. "Charles Dickens." Inside the Whale and Other Essays. Victor Gollancz, 1940, pt. 6.

I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman. Blood is a big expense.

The Godfather

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Topic

The mafia Business

Speaker

Sollozzo

Actor

Al Lettieri

Source

The Godfather

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Godfather. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures/Alfran Productions, 1972.

Amazing love! How can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Charles Wesley

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Topic

God and man Salvation

Author

Charles Wesley

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wesley, Charles. "Free Grace." Hymns and Sacred Poems. London: Strahan, 1739.

Different interests necessarily exist in different classes of citizens. If a majority be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure.

James Madison

Federalist 51

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Minority rights Political faction Political theory Politics

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 51 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 51, The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments." New York Packet, 8 Feb. 1788.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 51: How to maintain: make the parts check each other. Also, a federal system divides power further.--Madison (or Hamilton)." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Thomas Edison

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Topic

Hard work Work

Author

Thomas Edison

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Edison, Thomas A. Quoted in Thomas A. Edison: The Authentic Life Story of the World's Greatest Inventor, written by Francis Miller. Stanley Paul, 1932.

I believe in fairies.

Hook

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Topic

Fairies

Speaker

Peter Banning

Actor

Robin Williams

Source

Hook

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Adventure

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hook. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1991.

Set thy heart upon thy work but never upon its reward. Work not for a reward: but never cease to do thy work. Do thy work in the peace of Yoga and, free from selfish desires, be not moved in success or in failure.

Bhagavad Gita

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Topic

Work Attachment (Buddhism)

Source

Bhagavad Gita

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Sanskrit

Time

200 BC 200s BC 3rd century BC

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita. c. 200 BCE, ch. 2, v. 47-48.

Current Citation

Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita, translated W. J. Johnson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 2, v. 47-48.

I can't remember to forget you.

Memento

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Topic

Getting over someone Memory

Speaker

Leonard

Actor

Guy Pearce

Source

Memento

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Thriller (film) Thriller

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Memento. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Summit Entertainment/Team Todd, 2000.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with the other nations of the earth, and we must behave as be seems a people with such responsibilities.

Theodore Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

Internationalism American foreign policy American power America and the world

Speaker

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1905, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

Thomas Carlyle

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Topic

Nature of history History

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

On History

Medium

Essay

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "On History." Fraser's Magazine, 1830.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "On History." The Works of Thomas Carlyle, edited by Henry Duff Traill. Vol. 27, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

I don’t like my job and I don’t think I’m gonna go anymore.

Office Space

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Topic

Shitty jobs Over it Work

Speaker

Peter Gibbons

Actor

Ron Livingston

Source

Office Space

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Office Space. Directed by Mike Judge, Judgemental Films, 1999.