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But the word of the Lord endures forever.

1st Peter 1:25

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Topic

God's word

Source

1st Peter The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 1:25).

I hate flossing, I just wish I had one long curvy tooth. It didn't need to be split up.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Topic

Personal care

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Topic

Purpose of the university

Speaker

Benjamin Disraeli

Source

Speeches of Benjamin Disraeli

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1873 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. Adjourned debate on Bill 55. House of Commons. 11 Mar. 1873, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

Ain't a hard time been invented that I cannot handle.

Heat

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Topic

Hard times Resilience

Speaker

Donald Breedan

Actor

Dennis Haysbert

Source

Heat

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Heat. Directed by Michael Mann, Regency Enterprises/Forward Pass, 1995.

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Ernest Hemingway

Death in the Afternoon

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Topic

Moral theory

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

Death in the Afternoon

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. Death in the Afternoon. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932, ch. 1.

I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night in which the corn grows.

Henry David Thoreau

Walking (Thoreau)

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Topic

Nature

Speaker

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Walking (Thoreau)

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." 23 Apr. 1851, Concord Lyceum, Concord, MA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." Civil Disobedience and Other Essays. Dover Publications, 1993.

It is contrary to reason to say that there is a vacuum or space in which there is absolutely nothing.

René Descartes

Principles of Philosophy

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Topic

Nothingness

Author

René Descartes

Source

Principles of Philosophy

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1644 1640s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Citation

Descartes, René. Principia Philosophica [Principles of Philosophy]. Amsterdam: Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1644, pt. 2, sect. 16.

Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who shows me the least bit of attention?

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Topic

Self-sabotage Falling in love Relationships

Speaker

Joel Barish

Actor

Jim Carrey

Source

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

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

The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; secondly, the greater number of citizens, and greater sphere of country, over which the latter may be extended.

James Madison

Federalist 10

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Republic vs. democracy Political theory Politics

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 10 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism.

Vladimir Lenin

Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism

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Topic

Imperialism Capitalism Political theory

Author

Vladimir Lenin

Source

Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Definition

Language

Russian

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Lenin, Vladimir. Империализм как высшая стадия капитализма [Imperialism, the Newest Stage of Capitalism]. Petrograd: Zhizn i Znaniye Publishers, 1917, pt. 7.

Current Citation

Lenin, Vladimir. "Imperialism, the Highest State of Capitalism." Essential Works of Lenin, edited by Henry M. Christman. Dover Publications, 1987, pt. 7.

Art has always been the raft on to which we climb to save our sanity.

Dorothea Tanning

Quoted in Salon

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Topic

Art as therapy Purpose of art Art

Speaker

Dorothea Tanning

Source

Salon

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Tanning, Dorothea. Interviewed by John Glassing. Salon, 11 Feb. 2002, https://www.salon.com/2002/02/11/tanning/.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Journey vs. destination Travel

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Virginibus Puerisque

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "El Dorado." Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1881.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "El Dorado." Essays I: Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers, edited by Robert-Louis Abrahamson. Edinburgh University Press, 2018.

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.

Graham Greene

The Quiet American

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Topic

Justifications and rationales

Speaker

Alden Pyle

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Quiet American

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. The Quiet American. William Heinemann, 1955, ch. 4, sec. 2.

We’re flawed because we want so much more. We’re ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.

Don Draper

Mad Men

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Topic

Acquisitiveness

Speaker

Don Draper

Actor

Jon Hamm

Source

Mad Men

Medium

TV program

Genre

Drama (TV) Drama

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Summer Man." Mad Men, written by Matthew Weiner and Lisa Albert and Janet Leahy, directed by Phil Abraham, season 4, episode 8, Lionsgate Television and American Movie Classics and Weiner Bros., 2010.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Jesus

Matthew 5:5

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Topic

Meekness Humility 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 5:5).

You think that tiger is your friend, he is an animal, not a playmate.

Life of Pi

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Topic

Man and animals

Speaker

Santosh Patel

Actor

Adil Hussain

Source

Life of Pi

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Drama (film) Adventure Drama

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Life of Pi. Directed by Ang Lee, Haishang Films/Dune Entertainment/Gil Netter, 2012.

There's white time in jail and there's colored time in jail. The worst kind of time you can do is colored time.

In the Heat of the Night

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Topic

Prison Black and white

Speaker

Det. Virgil Tibbs

Actor

Sidney Poitier

Source

In the Heat of the Night

Medium

Film

Genre

Mystery (film) Drama (film) Mystery Drama

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Citation

In the Heat of the Night. Directed by Norman Jewison. The Mirisch Corporation, 1967.

From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.

John Quincy Adams

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams

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Topic

Learning from the past

Speaker

John Quincy Adams

Source

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Adams, John Quincy. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1825, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destory slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

American Civil War

Author

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Letters of Abraham Lincoln

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Horace Greeley. 22 Aug. 1862.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "To Horace Greeley, August 22 1862." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes, actuated by different sentiments and views. The regulation of these various and interfering interests forms the principal task of modern legislation, and involves the spirit of party and faction in the necessary and ordinary operations of the government.

James Madison

Federalist 10

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Political faction Political theory Politics

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 10 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.