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But you gotta be a, a hero. You want to be a champion. Well, let me tell you, people don't want a champion. They want to eat cheeseburgers, play the lotto, and watch television.

Se7en

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The masses Heroes

Speaker

William Somerset

Actor

Morgan Freeman

Source

Se7en

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Psychological thriller (film) Psychological thriller

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Se7en. Directed by David Fincher, Arnold Kopelson Productions, 1995.

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Me? I’m scared of everything. I’m scared of what I saw, I’m scared of what I did, of who I am, and most of all I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I’m with you.

Dirty Dancing

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Love and fear Fear Love

Speaker

Baby Houseman

Actor

Jennifer Grey

Source

Dirty Dancing

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Dirty Dancing. Directed by Emile Ardolino, Great American Films Limited Partnership, 1987.

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An infectious greed seemed to grip much of our business community.

Alan Greenspan

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Dot com bubble Financial panics and bubbles The stock market

Speaker

Alan Greenspan

Source

Federal Reserve Board's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress

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English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Greenspan, Alan. "Federal Reserve Board's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress." Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U. S. Senate. 16 July 2002, Washington DC, USA.

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The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.

Pythagoras

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Man and animals Reason The soul Human nature

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Pythagoras

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Diogenes Laërtius

Source

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 30.

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Pythagoras. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 30.

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The history of power politics is nothing but the history of international crime and mass murder.

Karl Popper

The Open Society and Its Enemies

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International politics

Author

Karl Popper

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The Open Society and Its Enemies

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Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Popper, Karl. The Open Society and Its Enemies. Vol. 2, Routledge, 1995, ch. 25.

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If you want something done right, do it yourself.

Charles-Guillaume Etienne

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Self-reliance Perfectionism

Speaker

Palaprat

Author

Charles-Guillaume Etienne

Source

Bruis et Palaprat

Medium

Play

Language

French

Time

1807 1800s 19th century

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Étienne, Charles-Guillaume. Bruïs et Palaprat. 1807, Théâtre-Français, Paris, France, sc. 3.

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The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.

John Maynard Keynes

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Adaptability Human nature

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John Maynard Keynes

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The Economic Consequences of the Peace

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Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

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Keynes, John Maynard. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Self-published, 1919, ch. 1.

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Keynes, John Maynard. "The Economic Consequences of the Peace." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016, ch. 1.

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I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.

John Adams

Letter to Abigail Adams, November 2, 1800

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Upon moving into the White House.

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The White House American Presidency

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John Adams

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Letter to Abigail Adams, November 2, 1800 Letters of John Adams

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Prayer

Language

English

Time

1800 1800s 19th century

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Adams, John. Letter to Abigail Adams. 2 Nov. 1800.

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Adams, John. My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams, edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor. Belknap Press, 2010.

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Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.

Jeanette Winterson

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Self-discipline Freedom

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Jeanette Winterson

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Winterson, Jeanette. Quoted in "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction: Part 2." Guardian, 19 Feb. 2010, www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/20/10-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-two.

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The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under the lamp, a book spread out before you, and to make friends with people of a distant past you have never known.

Yoshida Kenko

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Reading

Author

Yoshida Kenko

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Essays in Idleness

Language

Japanese

Time

1332 1330s 14th century

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Yoshida Kenko. Tsurezuregusa [Essays in Idleness]. c. 1332, ch. 13.

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Yoshida Kenko. Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko, translated by Donald Keene. Columbia University Press, 1998, ch. 13.

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I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.

John Brown

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Slavery American Civil War America

Author

John Brown

Source

LAST WORDS

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Brown, John. Quoted in John Brown and His Men, written by R. J. Hinton. Funk and Wagnals, 1894. Originally was his last written words, 2 Dec. 1859.

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I believe that humor is a part of beauty.

Max Beckmann

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Nature of beauty Beauty Humor

Author

Max Beckmann

Source

Journals of Max Beckmann

Medium

Personal journal

Language

German

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

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Beckmann, Max. "August 23, 1903." Max Beckmann: Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950, edited by Barbara Copeland Buenger, University of Chicago Press, 1997, p. 27.

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There was no patriotism in the trenches. It was too remote a sentiment, and rejected as fit only for civilians.

Robert Graves

Goodbye to All That

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Patriotism War

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Robert Graves

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Goodbye to All That

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Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Graves, Robert. Good-Bye to All That. Jonathan Cape, 1929.

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Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Criticism

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Change

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Alexander Pope

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An Essay on Criticism

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1711 1710s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Pope, Alexander, [published anonymously]. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, pt. 2, l. 335.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Criticism." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, l. 335.

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Women and elephants never forget an injury.

Saki

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Hurting others Women Memory

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Saki

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Reginald on Besetting Sins

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

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Saki. "Reginald on Besetting Sins." Westminster Gazette, Sept. 1904.

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Saki. "Reginald on Besetting Sins." Selected Stories of Saki. Everyman's Library, 2017.

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Our meddling intellect
Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things;
We murder to dissect.
Enough of science and of art;
Close up these barren leaves.

William Wordsworth

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Limits of science

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William Wordsworth

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The Tables Turned

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Wordsworth, William. "The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the same subject." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, I. 26.

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Wordsworth, William. "The Tables Turned." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 26.

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Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.

Dorothy Parker

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Glasses

Author

Dorothy Parker

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Poem

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Parker, Dorothy. "News Item." The Collected Poetry Of Dorothy Parker. The Modern Library, 1936, p. 70, I. 1.

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I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere.

William Congreve

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Secrets

Speaker

Tattle

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William Congreve

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Love for Love

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1695 1690s 17th century

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Congreve, William. Love for Love. 30 Apr. 1695, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 3.

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Congreve, William. "Love for Love." The Way of the World and Other Plays, edited by Eric S. Rump. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 3, sc. 3.

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The utmost renown never slakes a man's appetite and, unless he is a fool, he almost always dies uncertain of his own fame.

Gustave Flaubert

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Appetite for fame Self-doubt Fame Human nature

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Gustave Flaubert

Source

Letters of Gustave Flaubert

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

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Flaubert, Gustave. Letter to Maxime Du Camp. 26 June 1852.

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Flaubert, Gustave. Letters of Gustave Flaubert, edited by Richard Rumbold, translated by J. M. Cohen. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1950.

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In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.

James Monroe

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America and Europe

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James Monroe

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Annual Message to Congress

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Political literature

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English

Time

1823 1820s 19th century

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Monroe, James. Message to Congress about The Monroe Doctrine. Seventh annual message to Congress. 2 Dec. 1823, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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