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There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.

Orson Welles

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Flying

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Orson Welles

Source

The Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Welles, Orson. Interview to celebrate his 70th birthday. The Times, 6 May 1985.

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We think time cannot touch the dead, but it touches their monuments, leaving them snub-nosed and stub-fingered from the accidents and attrition of time.

Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

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Effects of time

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Hilary Mantel

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Bring Up the Bodies

Medium

Novel

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Mantel, Hilary. Bring Up the Bodies. Fourth Estate/Henry Holt and Co., 2012.

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We want to raise our children so that they can take a sense of pleasure in both their own heritage and the diversity of others.

Fred Rogers

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Parents and children Parenting Human diversity Heritage

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 146.

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Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.

David Ricardo

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Rent

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David Ricardo

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On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation

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Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1817 1810s 19th century

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Ricardo, David. On Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. London: John Murray, 1817.

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Ricardo, David. The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. Dover Publications, 2004.

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The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And what that means is...I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way.

Steve Jobs

Triumph of the Nerds

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Microsoft Taste

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Steve Jobs

Source

Triumph of the Nerds

Medium

Interview Film

Genre

Documentary (film)

Statement Type

Talking shit

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Triumph of the Nerds. Directed by Paul Sen, narrated by Robert X. Cringely, Johnb Gau Productions for Channel 4 and Oregon Public Broadcasting, Channel 4/PBS, 14 Apr. 1996.

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A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which he establishes his true freedom and chief place of seclusion and solitude.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Man caves Solitude

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Michel de Montaigne

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Of Solitude Essays

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Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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De Montaigne, Michel. "De La Solitude [Of Solitude]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

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De Montaigne, Michel. "Of Solitude." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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Let's roll.

Todd Beamer

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Heard by a telephone operator on September 11, 2001 on the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 as Todd Beamer and other passengers planned to storm the cockpit. Minutes later, the plane crashed in Pennsylvania.

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September 11th

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Todd Beamer

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English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Beamer, Todd. Quoted in "A Sky Filled with Chaos, Uncertainty and True Heroism." Written by Charles Lane, Don Phillips, and David Snyder. The Washington Post, 17 Sept. 2001. Originally overheard by a telephone operator. United Airlines Flight 93, 11 Sept. 2001.

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God made the country, and man made the town.

Wililam Cowper

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Rural vs. urban

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Wililam Cowper

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The Task

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English

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

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Cowper, William. The Task. London: Joseph Johnson, 1785, bk. 1.

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Cowper, William. "The Task." William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems, edited by James Sambrook. Routledge, 2016, bk. 1.

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Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

B.F. Skinner

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Education Learning

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B.F. Skinner

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New Methods and New Aims in Teaching New Scientist

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Skinner, B. F. "New Methods and New Aims in Teaching." New Scientist, 21 May 1964.

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I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.

Amelia Earhart

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Flying Taking risks

Author

Amelia Earhart

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Earhart, Amelia. Letter to George Putnam. 2 July 1937.

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No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.

Robert Frost

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Artist and audience Writing

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Robert Frost

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English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Frost, Robert. "The Figure a Poem Makes." Collected Poems of Robert Frost. Holt/Longmans, Green and Co., 1939.

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Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Jesus

John 20:29

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Faith

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Jesus

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Gospel of John The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 20:29).

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Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three.

Joseph Heller

Catch-22

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Mediocrity

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Joseph Heller

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Catch-22

Medium

Novel

Genre

War novel

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English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. Simon & Schuster, 1961, ch. 9.

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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6

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Raising kids Parents and children

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Proverbs The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 22:6).

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If in other lands it be high treason to compass the death of the king, it shall be counted no less a crime here to strangle our sovereign power and stifle its voice.

James A. Garfield

Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield

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Voting rights

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James A. Garfield

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Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

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Garfield, James A. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1881, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.

Inglourious Basterds

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Facts Rumors Truth vs. fiction

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Col. Hans Landa

Actor

Christoph Waltz

Source

Inglourious Basterds

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Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Inglourious Basterds. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart/Studio Babelsberg/Visiona Romantica, 2009.

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I want your blood, and I want your soul, and I want them both right now.

Tombstone

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Johnny Ringo

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Michael Biehn

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Tombstone

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Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Statement Type

Threat

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English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Tombstone. Directed by George P. Cosmatos, Hollywood Pictures/Cinergi Pictures, 1993.

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You are the un-Americans and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

Paul Robeson

Testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee, June 12th, 1956.

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Red Scare

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Paul Robeson

Medium

Congressional hearing

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Robeson, Paul. Testimony before House Un-American Activities Committee. Un-American Activities Committee meeting. 12 June 1956, Washington, DC, USA.

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I love anything full contact. I need a few more scars on my face.

Bloodsport

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Willingness to fight

Speaker

Jackson

Actor

Donald Gibb

Source

Bloodsport

Medium

Film

Genre

Martial arts (film) Action (film) Martial arts Action

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Bloodsport. Directed by Newt Arnold, Cannon Films, 1988.

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If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich man.

J. Paul Getty

Quoted in Observer

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The rich Wealth

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J. Paul Getty

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Getty, Jean Paul. Quoted in The Observer. 3 Nov. 1957.

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