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Only by love can men see me, and know me and come unto me. He who works for me, who loves me, whose End Supreme I am, free from attachment to all things, and with love for all creation, he in truth comes unto me.

Bhagavad Gita

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Topic

God's love Love 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. 11, v. 54-55.

Current Citation

Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita, translated W. J. Johnson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 11, v. 54-55.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.

Demosthenes

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Topic

Delusion Credulity Truth

Speaker

Demosthenes

Medium

Speech

Language

Greek

Time

349 BC 340s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Demosthenes. Olynthiac Three. c. 349 BC, Athens, Greece.

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus

Matthew 5:3

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Topic

Repentance Beatitudes Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 5:3).

The true artist is a man who believes absolutely in himself, because he is absolutely himself.

Oscar Wilde

Fortnightly Review

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Topic

Artistic vision Authenticity Personal integrity Artists Art

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Soul of Man Under Socialism Fortnightly Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." Fortnightly Review. London: Chapman and Hall, Feb. 1891.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose, edited by Linda Dowling. Penguin Classics, 2001.

As the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of sovereignty which they before had, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to the United States.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 32

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Topic

Federalism American politics

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Federalist 32 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. 32: The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation." Daily Advertiser, 3 Jan. 1788.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 32: States will have concurrent power to tax.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together, we survive.

Gladiator

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Topic

Teamwork Survival

Speaker

Maximus Decimus Meridius

Actor

Russell Crowe

Source

Gladiator

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gladiator. Directed by Ridley Scott. DreamWorks Pictures/ Scott Free Productions/Universal Pictures/Red Wagon Entertainment, 2000.

For the good old American life: for the money, for the glory, and for the fun...mostly for the money.

Smokey and the Bandit

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Topic

American ideals

Speaker

Bandit

Actor

Burt Reynolds

Source

Smokey and the Bandit

Medium

Film

Genre

Road movie Action comedy (film) Action comedy

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Smokey and the Bandit. Directed by Hal Needham, Rastar, 1977.

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Isaiah 7:14

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Topic

Jesus

Source

Isaiah The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

Hebrew

Time

681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 7:14).

I thought our relationship was perfectly clear. You are an escape. You're a break from our normal lives. You're a parenthesis.

Up in the Air

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Topic

Affairs Unrequited love

Speaker

Alex Goran

Actor

Vera Farmiga

Source

Up in the Air

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Up in the Air. Directed by Jason Reitman, DreamWorks Pictures/The Montecito Picture Company/Cold Spring Pictures/Rickshaw Productions/Right of Way Films, 2009.

If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

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Topic

Invincibility

Speaker

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Actor

Alec Guinness

Source

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1977.

I love her. She breaks my heart again and again, but I love her.

Reality Bites

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Topic

Hopelessly in love Being in love Love

Speaker

Troy Dyer

Actor

Ethan Hawke

Source

Reality Bites

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Reality Bites. Directed by Ben Stiller, Jersey Films, 1994.

Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 8:3

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Topic

God and man

Source

Deuteronomy The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Deuteronomy 8:3).

I have no other wish than a close fusion with nature.

Claude Monet

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Topic

Man and nature Nature

Speaker

Claude Monet

Source

The Artist in His Studio

Medium

Interview

Language

French

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Monet, Claude. The Artist in His Studio, written by Alexander Liberman. Viking Press, 1960.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

Helen Keller

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Topic

Contentment

Author

Helen Keller

Source

The Story of My Life Ladies' Home Journal

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Keller, Helen. "The Story of My Life." Ladies' Home Journal, 1902.

Current Citation

Keller, Helen. The Story of My Life. Signet, 2010, ch. 22.

Every law is contrary to liberty.

Jeremy Bentham

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Topic

Law Freedom

Author

Jeremy Bentham

Source

Principles of the Civil Code The Works of Jeremy Bentham

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Bentham, Jeremy, "Principles of the Civil Code." The Works of Jeremy Bentham, edited by John Bowring. Vol. 1, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1843.

The blizzard doesn't last forever; it just seems so.

Ray Bradbury

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Topic

Things get better Perseverance

Author

Ray Bradbury

Source

Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life

Statement Type

Encouragement

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bradbury, Ray. Quoted in Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life, edited by Barnaby Conrad and Monte Schultz. Writer's Digest Books, 2002.

I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart the last Thursday in November next as a day which I desire to be observed by all my fellow citizens wherever they may then be as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to Almighty God the beneficent Creator and Ruler of the Universe. And I do farther recommend to my fellow citizens aforesaid that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust and from thence offer up penitent and fervent prayers and supplications to the Great Disposer of events for a turn of the inestimable blessings of Peace, Union and Harmony throughout the land, which it has pleased him to assign as a dwelling place for ourselves and for our posterity throughout all generations.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Thanksgiving Holidays

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Proclamation of Thanksgiving

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Proclamation of Thanksgiving." 20 Oct. 1864.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Proclamation of Thanksgiving, October 20, 1864." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Judgment Wisdom

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

The Dyer's Hand

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Auden, W. H. "Writing." The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays. Random House, 1962.

I cannot help it that my pictures do not sell. Nevertheless the time will come when people will see that they are worth more than the price of the paint.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Topic

Starving artist Art market Art

Author

Vincent Van Gogh

Source

Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

French

Time

1888 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. 25 Oct. 1888.

Current Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.

So long as the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State.

Vladimir Lenin

State and Revolution

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Topic

Government Threats to freedom Freedom Political theory The state Politics

Author

Vladimir Lenin

Source

State and Revolution

Genre

Political literature

Language

Russian

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lenin, Vladimir. Государство и революция [The State and Revolution]. Progress Publishers, 1917, ch. 5, sect. 4.

Current Citation

Lenin, Vladimir. "The State and Revolution." Essential Works of Lenin, edited by Henry M. Christman. Dover Publications, 1987, ch. 5, sect. 4.