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For love is but discovery:
When that is made, the pleasure's done.

Thomas Southerne

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Topic

Courtship and dating Love

Author

Thomas Southerne

Source

Sir Anthony Love

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play

Language

English

Time

1690 1690s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Southerne, Thomas. Sir Anthony Love; Or, The Rambling Lady. Sept. 1690, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Southerne, Thomas. Sir Anthony Love; or, the Rambling Lady. British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011.

I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you–Nobody–Too?
Then there's a pair of us?
Don't tell! they'd advertise–you know!
How dreary–to be–Somebody!
How public–like a Frog–
To tell one's name–the livelong June –
To an admiring Bog!

Emily Dickinson

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Topic

Anonymity

Author

Emily Dickinson

Source

I'm Nobody! Who are you? Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.

If there is anything that this horrible tragedy can teach us, it's that a male model's life is a precious, precious commodity. Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident.

Derek Zoolander

Zoolander

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Topic

Bad luck Accidents

Speaker

Derek Zoolander

Actor

Ben Stiller

Source

Zoolander

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Zoolander. Directed by Ben Stiller, Village Roadshow Productions/VH1 Films/NPV Entertinment/Red Hour Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2001.

Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go.

James Cook

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Topic

Adventure Wanderlust

Author

James Cook

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1774 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Cook, James. Diary entry. 30 Jan. 1774.

Current Citation

Cook, James. The Journals of Captain Cook. Penguin Classics, 2000.

Let us pray to God... The bastard! He doesn't exist!

Samuel Beckett

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Topic

Prayer Atheism Existence of God God

Speaker

Hamm

Author

Samuel Beckett

Source

Endgame

Medium

Play

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Beckett, Samuel. Fin de partie. Directed by Roger Blin. Performed by Roger Blin, Jean Martin, Georges Adet, and Christine Tsingos. 3 Apr. 1957, Royal Court Theatre, London, England, UK.

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood - Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.

The First Wives Club

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Topic

Hollywood Patriarchy

Speaker

Elise Elliot Atchison

Actor

Goldie Hawn

Source

The First Wives Club

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The First Wives Club. Directed by Hugh Wilson, Paramount Pictures, 1996.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalm 46:1

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Topic

God's protection God's presence God

Source

Psalms The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 46:1).

When in doubt have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.

Raymond Chandler

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Topic

Stories Plot Writing

Author

Raymond Chandler

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Chandler, Raymond. "The Simple Art of Murder." Saturday Review of Literature, 15 Apr. 1950, introduction.

In the long run, the public interest depends on private virtue.

James Q. Wilson

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Topic

Civic virtue Political theory

Author

James Q. Wilson

Source

The Rediscovery of Character: Private Virtue and Public Policy The Public Interest

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wilson, James Q. "The Rediscovery of Character: Private Virtue and Public Policy." The Public Interest, no. 81, Fall 1985.

The discovery of personal whiteness among the world's peoples is a very modern thing-a nineteenth and twentieth century matter, indeed. The ancient world would have laughed at such a distinction. THe Middle Age regarded skin color with mild curiousity; and even up into the eighteenth century we were hammering our national manikins into one, great, Universal Man, with fine frenzy which ignored color and race even more than birth. Today we have changed all that, and the world in a sudden, emotional conversion has discovered that it is white and by that token, wonderful!

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Topic

Whiteness Race

Author

W.E.B. Du Bois

Source

Darkwater

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "The Souls of White Folk." Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil. Harcourt, Brace And Howe, 1920.

Current Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. "The Souls of White Folk." Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Oxford University Press, 2014.

I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?

Dirty Harry

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Topic

Luck

Speaker

Dirty Harry Callahan

Actor

Clint Eastwood

Source

Dirty Harry

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Thriller (film) Thriller

Statement Type

Threat

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dirty Harry. Directed by Don Siegel, The Malpaso Company, 1971.

The fundamental Article of my political Creed is, that Despotism, or unlimited Sovereignty, or absolute Power is the same in a Majority of a popular Assembly, and Aristocratical Counsel, an Oligarchical Junto and a Single Emperor.

John Adams

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Topic

Tyranny Political theory Politics

Author

John Adams

Source

Letters of John Adams

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

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Original Citation

Adams, John. Letter to Thomas Jefferson. 13 Nov. 1813.

Current Citation

Adams, John. "1815: Adams to Jefferson: Quincy, November 13." The Adams-Jefferson Letters, edited by Lester J. Cappon. University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That—that's about it.

Forrest Gump

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Topic

Shrimp Food

Speaker

Benjamin Buford 'Bubba' Blue

Actor

Mykelti Williamson

Source

Forrest Gump

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Forrest Gump. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, The Tisch Company, 1994.

It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection, and the restraints which civilized society imposes to prevent separation, are hardly sufficient to keep them together.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Topic

Challenges of marriage Marriage

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1772 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 31 Mar. 1772.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

Jonas Salk

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Work

Speaker

Jonas Salk

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Salk, Jonas. On receiving Congressional Medal for Distinguished Civilian Achievement. 23 Apr. 1956, Washington, DC, USA.

Publicity is the very soul of justice. It is the keenest spur to exertion, and the surest of all guards against improbity.

Jeremy Bentham

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Topic

Publicity Freedom of the press

Author

Jeremy Bentham

Source

Publicity in the Courts of Justice

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Bentham, Jeremy. Publicity in the Courts of Justice. 1843.

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

Amiri Baraka

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Topic

Nature of freedom Freedom Black freedom struggle

Author

Amiri Baraka

Source

Tokenism: 300 Years for 5 Cents

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Jones, LeRoi (aka Imamu Amiri Baraka). "Tokenism: 300 Years for 5 Cents." Kulchur, Spring 1962, no. 5.

I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare. I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme. I hate it, I hate the way you're always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry. I hate it when you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call. But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.

10 Things I Hate About You

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Topic

Hate Being in love

Speaker

Kat Stratford

Actor

Julia Stiles

Source

10 Things I Hate About You

Medium

Film

Genre

Teen (film) Romantic comedy (film) Teen Romantic comedy

Statement Type

Inversion Profession of love

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Ten Things I Hate About You. Directed by Gil Junger, Touchstone Pictures, 1999.

A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

Gandalf

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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Topic

Being on time Wizards

Speaker

Gandalf

Actor

Ian McKellen

Source

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Fantasy (film) Epic Fantasy

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Directed by Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema/WingNut Films, 2001.

Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite
Makes eating a delight.

Sir John Suckling

Fragmenta Aurea

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Topic

Appetite Hunger

Author

Sir John Suckling

Source

Fragmenta Aurea

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1641 1640s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Suckling, John, Sir. Fragmenta Aurea. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1646, sonnet 2, stanza 3.