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There’s only one thing I hate more than lying: skim milk. Which is water that's lying about being milk.

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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Topic

Lying Milk

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

"Partridge." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Dave King, directed by Tristram Shapeero, season 5, episode 17, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2013.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.

Dr. Hannibal Lecter

The Silence of the Lambs

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Topic

Serial killers

Speaker

Dr. Hannibal Lecter

Actor

Anthony Hopkins

Source

The Silence of the Lambs

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological horror (film) Thriller (film) Psychological horror Thriller

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Silence of the Lambs. Directed by Jonathan Demme, Strong Heart Productions, 1991.

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.

Oscar Wilde

Lady Windermere's Fan

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Men and women Friendship

Speaker

Lord Darlington

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

Lady Windermere's Fan

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedic play

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman. 1892, St James's Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "Lady Windermere's Fan." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 2.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

Andrew Carnegie

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Topic

Charity

Author

Andrew Carnegie

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. "The Best Fields for Philanthropy." North American Review, 25 Nov. 1889.

Current Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. "The Best Fields for Philanthropy." The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings. Penguin Classics, 2006.

If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair

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Topic

Hurting others Family

Author

William Makepeace Thackeray

Source

Vanity Fair

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Thackeray, William Makepeace. "Vanity Fair." Punch, Jan. 1847-July 1848. Monthly serial.

Current Citation

Thackeray, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair, edited by John Carey. Penguin Classics, 2013.

Common sense is actually nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind prior to the age of eighteen.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Common sense Received wisdom Custom and convention

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Source

The Universe and Dr. Eistein

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Einstein, Albert. Quoted in The Universe and Dr. Eistein. Written by Lincoln Barnett. Sloane, 1950. Originally printed in Harpers, 1948.

To do a great right, do a little wrong.

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

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End justifies the means

Speaker

Bassanio

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Merchant of Venice

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1598 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

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

That inflexible and uniform adherence to the rights of the Constitution, and of individuals, which we perceive to be indispensable in the courts of justice, can certainly not be expected from judges who hold their offices by a temporary commission.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 78

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Topic

Rule of law The judiciary

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Federalist 78 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 78: The Judiciary Department." The Federalist, A Collection of Essays." New York: J. and A. McLean, 1788.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 78: Duration in office: good behavior. Why needed.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

Sylvia Plath

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Topic

Creativity Self-doubt

Author

Sylvia Plath

Source

Letters of Sylvia Plath

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Plath, Sylvia. Letter to unknown recipient. June or July 1953.

At least a third of all the people in the world died.

Jean Froissart

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Topic

The Black Death Plague

Author

Jean Froissart

Genre

Historical literature

Language

French

Time

1373 1370s 14th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Froissart, Jean. Chroniques. c. 1369, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Froissart, Jean. Chronicles, translated and edited by Geoffrey Brereton. Penguin Classics, 1978, bk. 1.

An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper.

Kahlil Gibran

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Topic

Exaggeration Truth

Author

Kahlil Gibran

Source

Sand and Foam

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gibran, Kahlil. Sand and Foam. Alfred A. Knopf, 1926.

Life consists of two dates with a dash in between... Make the dash count.

Stuart Scott

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Topic

Shortness of life Life

Author

Stuart Scott

Source

Every Day I Fight

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Scott, Stuart and Larry Platt. Every Day I Fight: Making a Difference, Kicking Cancer's Ass. Blue Rider Press, 2015.

I'm the first. It's a strange feeling. Step outside the rover? First guy to be there. Climb that hill? First guy to do that. Four and a half billion years, nobody here, and now, me. I'm the first person to be alone on an entire planet.

The Martian

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Topic

New experiences

Speaker

Mark Watney

Actor

Matt Damon

Source

The Martian

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Drama (film) Science fiction Drama

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Martian. Directed by Ridley Scott, Scott Free Productions/Kinberg Genre/TSG Entertainment, 2015.

Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already?

Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

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Topic

Passage of time Aging Missed opportunities Life

Speaker

Robert Cohn

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Sun Also Rises

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Sun Also Rises. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926, bk. 1, ch. 2.

I'd rather go to jail than lose my reputation.

Legally Blonde

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Topic

Reputation

Speaker

Brooke Taylor Windham

Actor

Ali Larter

Source

Legally Blonde

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Legally Blonde. Directed by Robert Luketic, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Marc Platt Productions, 2001.

We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other Nations, far away... We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human community.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Fourth Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Internationalism American foreign policy America and the world International politics

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Source

Fourth Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Fourth Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1945, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Fourth Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, January 20, 1945." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.

Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more seriously reflection concentrates upon them: the starry heaven above me and the moral law within me.

Immanuel Kant

Critique of Practical Reason

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Topic

The night sky Natural law Morality

Author

Immanuel Kant

Source

Critique of Practical Reason

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Kant, Immanuel. Critik der praktischen Vernuft [Critique of Practical Reason]. Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1788, conclusion.

Current Citation

Kant, Immanuel. Critique of Practical Reason, translated by Mary Gregor. Cambridge University Press, 2015, conclusion.

Wine that maketh glad the heart of man.

Psalm 104:15

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Topic

Wine Effects of alcohol Alcohol

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 104:15).

Our nation is chosen by God and commissioned by history to be a model to the world of justice.

George W. Bush

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America and the world American foreign policy Internationalism

Speaker

George W. Bush

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Bush, George W. B'nai Brith International. 28 Aug. 2000, Washington DC, USA.

You be positive. I'll be realistic.

Home Alone

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Topic

Optimism Realism

Speaker

Uncle Frank

Actor

Gerry Bamman

Source

Home Alone

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas (film) Comedy (film) Christmas Comedy

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Home Alone. Directed by Chris Columbus, Hughes Entertainment , 1990.