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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.

Akio Morita

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Running a business Management Business

Author

Akio Morita

Source

Made in Japan

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

Japanese

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Morita, Akio and Edwin M. Reingold and Mitsuko Simomura. Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony. ‎E. P. Dutton, 1986.

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If everything is under control, you're not going fast enough.

Mario Andretti

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Taking risks Going for it

Speaker

Mario Andretti

Source

Success Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Andretti, Mario. Quoted in "Mario Andretti: A Glass Half Full for the Indy 500 and Formula One Champion." Written by Elisa Henry. Success Magazine, 29 Dec. 2009.

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The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant, was alone evidence enough to upset Darwin.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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American Presidency American decline

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Henry Adams

Source

The Education of Henry Adams

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

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Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 17.

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Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 17.

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Now the summer came to pass
And flowers through the grass
Joyously sprang,
While all the tribes of birds sang.

Walther von der Vogelweide

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Summer Seasons

Author

Walther von der Vogelweide

Source

Dream Song

Language

German

Time

1230 1230s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Von der Vogelweide, Walther. Traumdeutung [Dream Song]. c. 1230, st. 1.

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The best mirror is an old friend.

George Herbert

Jacula Prudentum

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Friends

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George Herbert

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Jacula Prudentum

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

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Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum, or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Microform. London: Humphrey Blunden, 1640.

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Herbert, George. "Outlandish Proverbs." Herbert: The Complete English Works, edited by Ann Pasternak Slater. Everyman's Library, 1995, no. 292.

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The discovery of truth, by slow progressive meditation, is wisdom.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Truth Wisdom

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Johann Kaspar Lavater

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German

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

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Lavater, Johann Kaspar. Aphorisms of Man, translated by Henry Fuseli. London: J. Johnson, 1788, no. 93.

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Do not set your heart on wealth…
Do not strain to seek increase,
What you have, let it suffice you.
If riches come by theft,
They will not stay the night with you….
They made themselves wings like geese,
And flew away to the sky.

Amenemope

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Detachment from wealth Wealth

Author

Amenemope

Source

The Instruction of Amenemope

Genre

Wisdom literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Egyptian/Hieroglypics

Time

1075 BC 1070s BC 11th century BC

Era

Egyptian New Kingdom

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Amenemope. The Instruction of Amenemope. 11 century BC.

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Amenemope. "The Instruction of Amenemope." The Literature of Ancient Egypt, edited by William Kelly Simpson, translated by Robert T. K. Ritner, William Kelly Simpson, Vincent A. Tobin, and Edward F. Wente, Jr. Yale University Press, 2003.

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Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?

Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

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Man as social animal

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Robert Burton

Source

The Anatomy of Melancholy

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1621 1620s 17th century

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Burton, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy. Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1621, pt. 1.

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Burton, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy, edited by Holbrook Jackson. New York Review Books, 2001, pt. 1.

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We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another—until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

Richard Nixon

First Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon

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Political division American politics

Speaker

Richard Nixon

Source

First Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Nixon, Richard. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1969, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog.

Roald Dahl

Matilda

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Going for it

Author

Roald Dahl

Source

Matilda

Medium

Novel

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Dahl, Roald. Matilda. Viking Kestrel, 1988.

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All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born, the other the mass of the people... The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the government. They will check the unsteadiness of the second, and as they cannot receive any advantage by a change, they therefore will ever maintain good government.

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The masses Elitism Political theory

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Speech on a Plan of Government

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Hamilton, Alexander. "Speech on a Plan of Government." Constitutional Convention. 18 June 1787, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "Speech in the Constitutional Convention on a Plan of Government, June 18, 1787." Alexander Hamilton: Writings, edited by Joanne B. Freeman. Library of America, 2001.

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Men are rats, listen to me, they're fleas on rats, worse than that, they're amoebas on fleas on rats. I mean, they're too low for even the dogs to bite. The only man a girl can depend on is her daddy.

Grease

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Gender relations Men and women Nature of men

Speaker

Frenchie

Actor

Didi Conn

Source

Grease

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Musical (film) Romantic comedy Musical

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

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Grease. Directed by Randal Kleiser, Allan Carr Enterprises/Stigwood Group, 1978.

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I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight!

Louis Daguerre

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Light Photography

Speaker

Louis Daguerre

Source

A History and Handbook of Photography

Language

French

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

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Tissandier, Gaston. A History and Handbook of Photography, edited by John Thomson, Sampson, Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1876, p. 24.

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In the past the man has been first. In the future the System must be first.

Frederick Winslow Taylor

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The individual Business management

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Frederick Winslow Taylor

Source

The Principles of Scientific Management

Genre

Business literature

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

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Taylor, Frederick Winslow. The Principles of Scientific Management. Harper & Brothers, 1911, introduction.

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Taylor, Frederick Winslow. The Principles of Scientific Management. Engineering & Management Press, 1998, introduction.

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Celibacy is a lot less complicated than romantic relationships.

The Priest

Fleabag

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Celibacy Being single

Speaker

The Priest

Actor

Andrew Scott

Source

Fleabag

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Drama (TV) Comedy Drama

Language

English

Time

2019 2010s 21st century

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"Episode #2.3." Fleabag, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, directed by Harry Bradbeer, season 2, episode 3, Amazon Studios and British Broadcasting Corporation, 2019.

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Without the cold war, what's the point of being an American?

John Updike

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Cold War America

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John Updike

Source

Rabbit at Rest

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest. Alfred A. Knopf, 1990, ch. 3.

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Still the rain kept pouring, falling on my ears,
And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain.

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Who'll Stop the Rain

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Disillusionment

Speaker

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Source

Who'll Stop the Rain Cosmo's Factory

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk rock

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Fogerty, John. "Who'll Stop the Rain." Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Cosmo's Factory. Fantasy Records, 1970.

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I want you to hold onto God's unchanging hand 'cause he helped Joshua fight the Battle of Jericho. Yes. He helped Daniel get out of the lion's den. He helped Gilligan get off the island!

Coming to America

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God's help God's protection

Speaker

Reverand Brown

Actor

Arsenio Hall

Source

Coming to America

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Coming To America. Directed by John Landis, Eddie Murphy Productions, 1988.

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Grief melts away
Like snow in May,
As if there were no such cold thing.

George Herbert

The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

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Moving forward Grief

Author

George Herbert

Source

The Flower The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

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Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 1633, st. 1.

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Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Complete Poetry, edited by John Drury and Victoria Moul. Penguin Classics, 2015, st. 1.

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Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper
Sprinkle cool patience!

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Impatience Patience

Speaker

Queen Gertrude

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 4.

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

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