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Machines need love too!

The Terminator

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Topic

Man and machine

Speaker

Ginger

Actor

Bess Motta

Source

The Terminator

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Terminator. Directed by James Cameron, Hemdale/Pacific Western Productions/Euro Film Funding/Cinema '84, 1984.

Three things are necessary for man to be saved: knowledge of what is to be believed, knowledge of what is to be desired, and knowledge of what is to be done.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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Topic

Salvation

Author

St. Thomas Aquinas

Source

Two Precepts of Charity

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1273 1270s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 1

Citation

St. Thomas Aquinas. Collationes in decem praeceptes [Sermons on the Ten Commandments]. c. 1273, prologue.

The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works - whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.

Barack Obama

First Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Topic

American government

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

First Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2009, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Topic

Warmth Cold Opposites Yin and yang

Author

Herman Melville

Source

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 11.

All experience is great providing you live through it.

Alice Neel

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Topic

Life experience Caveats

Author

Alice Neel

Source

Alice Neel: Black and White

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Neel, Alice. Alice Neel: Black and White. c. 1984.

I love this place at night. The stars...there's no right or wrong in them, they're just there.

Platoon

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Topic

Vietnam Stars The night sky

Speaker

Sgt. Elias

Actor

Willem Dafoe

Source

Platoon

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Platoon. Directed by Oliver Stone, Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986.

Because violence can only breed more violence and suffering, our struggle must remain nonviolent and free of hatred. We are trying to end the suffering of our people, not to inflict suffering on others.

Dalai Lama

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Topic

Reducing suffering Cycle of violence

Speaker

Dalai Lama

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Lama, Dalai. Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. 10 Dec. 1989, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Matthew 2:1-2

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Topic

Jesus's birth

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 2:1-2).

Well, when I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better.

Tira

I'm No Angel

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Tira

Actor

Mae West

Source

I'm No Angel

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Statement Type

Innuendo

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

I'm No Angel. Directed by Wesley Ruggles, Paramount Pictures, 1933.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Ambition

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Letters of Edmund Burke

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1797 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. A Third Letter to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France. London: F. and C. Rivington, 1797.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. Letters on a Regicide Peace." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009, letter 3.

Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.

Seneca the Younger

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Topic

Life and death

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Moral Letters to Lucilius

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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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.

Don't be afraid to just sit and watch.

Anthony Bourdain

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Topic

Stillness Observation

Author

Anthony Bourdain

Source

All the Things You're Doing Wrong When You Travel Money.com

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2018 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bourdain, Anthony. "All the Things You're Doing Wrong When You Travel, According to Anthony Bourdain." Interviewed by Megan Leonhardt. Money.com, 12 Mar. 2018, money.com/anthony-bourdain-advice-great-travel/.

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Self-improvement Personal growth Character

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Source

The Death of a Genius Life Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Einstein, Albert. "The Death of a Genius." Interviewed by William Miller. Life Magazine, 2 May 1955.

I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that Nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.

Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels

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Jonathan Swift

Source

Gulliver's Travels

Genre

Travel writing Satire

Statement Type

Insult

Language

English

Time

1726 1720s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Swift, Jonathan. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships. London: Benjamin Motte, 1726, pt. 2, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels, edited by Albert J. Rivero. W. W. Norton & Company, 2001, pt. 2, ch. 6.

Anybody that goes to see a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined!

Archie Bunker

All in the Family

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Topic

Psychiatry Therapy

Speaker

Archie Bunker

Source

All in the Family

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Citation

"Edith Flips Her Wig." All in the Family, written by Norman Lear and Sam Locke and Olga Vallance, directed by Hal Cooper, season 3, episode 6, Tandem Productions, 1972.

Resemblance reproduces the formal aspect of objects, but neglects their spirit; truth shows the spirit and substance in like perfection.

Jing Hao

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Topic

Painting

Author

Jing Hao

Source

Notes on Brushwork

Language

Chinese

Time

925 920s 10th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Ching Hao. Pi-fa-chi [Notes on Brushwork]. c. 925.

Current Citation

Ching Hao. Ching Hao's Pi-fa-chi: A Note on the Art of Brush, translated by Kiyohiko Munakata. Artebus Asiae Publishers, 1974.

London is a modern Babylon.

Benjamin Disraeli

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London

Author

Benjamin Disraeli

Source

Tancred: or, The New Crusade

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. Tancred: or, The New Crusade. Vol. 3, London: Henry Colburn, 1847, bk. 5, ch. 5.

Whatever you are, try to be a good one.

William Makepeace Thackeray

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Self-improvement Personal growth

Speaker

William Makepeace Thackeray

Source

A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Thackeray, William Makepeace. Quoted in A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs, written by Laurence Hutton. London: Harper & Brothers, 1898.

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

Marcus Terentius Varro

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Topic

Beginning of a journey Getting started

Speaker

Agrius

Author

Marcus Terentius Varro

Source

On Agriculture (Varro)

Language

Latin

Time

27 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Varro, Marcus Terentius. Rerum rusticarum libri tres [Three Books on Agriculture]. 1st century BC, bk. 1.

We are the children of God.

Apostle Paul

Romans 8:16

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Topic

God and man

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 8:16).