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My life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that. And it doesn’t bother me in the least.

Alex Trebek

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Topic

Seeking Curiosity Knowledge Wisdom

Author

Alex Trebek

Source

The Answer Is…

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

2020 2020s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Trebek, Alex. The Answer Is... Simon & Schuster, 2020.

When I make a mistake, it's a beaut!

Fiorello La Guardia

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Topic

Mistakes Going for it

Speaker

Fiorello La Guardia

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Guardia, Fiorello La. Quoted in Patience and Fortitude, by William Manners. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.

Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart
Could have recover'd greennesse?

George Herbert

The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

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Topic

Healing

Author

George Herbert

Source

The Flower The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. Cambridge: University of Cambridge, 1633, st. 2.

Current Citation

Herbert, George. "The Flower." The Complete Poetry, edited by John Drury and Victoria Moul. Penguin Classics, 2015, st. 2.

I'm not going to make any compromise whatsoever.

Ariel Sharon

On relations with the Palestinians.

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Topic

Political compromise Israel-Palestine conflict

Author

Ariel Sharon

Source

Sunday Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Sharon, Ariel. The Sunday Times. 12 Aug. 2001.

There is more difference within the sexes than between them.

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Mother and Son

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women

Author

Ivy Compton-Burnett

Source

Mother and Son

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Compton-Burnett, Ivy. Mother and Son. Victor Gollancz/Julian Messner, 1955, ch. 10.

If a man die, shall he live again?

Job

Job 14:14

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Topic

Death The afterlife Resurrection

Speaker

Job

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 14:14).

It was the supreme expression of the mediocrity of the apparatus that Stalin himself rose to his position.

Leon Trotsky

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Topic

Stalin Soviet Union

Author

Leon Trotsky

Source

My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

Russian

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Trotsky, Leon. Моя Жизнь [My Life]. Charles Scribner's Sons/Thornton Butterworth, 1930, ch. 40.

Civilization and profits go hand in hand.

Calvin Coolidge

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Topic

Civilization Capitalism American ethos

Speaker

Calvin Coolidge

Source

The Supports of Civilization

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coolidge, Calvin. "The Supports of Civilization." Amherst College Alumni Dinner. 27 Nov. 1920, New York, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Coolidge, Calvin. "The Supports of Civilization." The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924.

Never underestimate the power of denial.

American Beauty

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Topic

Denial Delusion

Speaker

Ricky Fitts

Actor

Wes Bentley

Source

American Beauty

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Black comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

American Beauty. Directed by Sam Mendes, Jinks/Cohen Company, 1999.

The sea is the land's edge also, the granite
Into which it reaches, the beaches where it tosses
It hints of earlier and other creation:
The starfish, the hermit crab, the whale's backbone;
The pools where it offers to our curiosity
The more delicate algae and the sea anemone.
It tosses up our losses, the torn seine,
The shattered lobsterpot, the broken oar
And the gear of foreigh dead men. The sea has many voices.

T.S. Eliot

Four Quartets

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Topic

Ocean and sea

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

The Dry Salvages Four Quartets

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Eliot, T. S. "The Dry Salvages." New English Weekly, Feb. 1941.

This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn't turn out to be like Literature.

Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

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Topic

Disappointment

Author

Julian Barnes

Source

The Sense of an Ending

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Barnes, Julian. The Sense of an Ending. Jonathan Cape/Alfred A. Knopf, 2011, ch. 1.

We are paternalists when we make someone act in his own interests.

Derek Parfit

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Topic

Paternalism

Author

Derek Parfit

Source

Reasons and Persons

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Parfit, Derek. Reasons and Persons. Oxford University Press, 1984.

Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

T.H. Huxley

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Topic

Tenacity Patience Persistence Perseverance

Speaker

T.H. Huxley

Source

On Medical Education

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1870 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Huxley, Thomas Henry. "On Medical Education." 1870, University College London, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Huxley, Thomas Henry. "On Medical Education." Collected Essays. Vol. 3, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.

Charles Baudelaire

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Topic

Beauty Variety

Author

Charles Baudelaire

Source

Qu'est-ce que le romantisme?

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1846 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "Qu'est-ce que le romantisme?" Salon de 1846. 1846.

Current Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "Salon of 1846." Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Literature, translated by P. E. Charvet. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Property, possessions and riches had also finally trapped him. They were no longer a game and a toy. They had become a chain and a burden.

Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

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Topic

Wealth as burden Downsides of wealth Wealth

Author

Hermann Hesse

Source

Siddhartha

Medium

Novel

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung [Siddhartha: An Indian Poetry]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1922.

Current Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Penguin Classics, 2002.

But you realize every time you suit up, every time we go out, it's life or death. You roll the dice...and you deal with it.

The Hurt Locker

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Topic

Soldiers War

Speaker

Sergeant JT Sanborn

Actor

Anthony Mackie

Source

The Hurt Locker

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) Thriller (film) War Thriller

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

The Hurt Locker. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Voltage Pictures/Kingsgate Films/Grosvenor Park Media/Film Capital Europe Funds/First Light Productions, 2008.

Germany above all.

August Heinrich Hoffman [von Fallersleben]

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Topic

Germany

Author

August Heinrich Hoffman [von Fallersleben]

Source

The Song of the Germans

Medium

National anthem Song

Language

German

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Hoffmann, August Heinrich. "Das Lied der Deutschen [The Song of the Germans]." Composed by Joseph Haydn. 1841.

The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go, doesn't it?

Thornton Wilder

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Topic

Mornings Stars

Author

Thornton Wilder

Source

Our Town

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play) Drama

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wilder, Thornton. Our Town. 22 Jan. 1938, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, act 1.

Current Citation

Wilder, Thornton. Our Town: A Play in Three Acts. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2020, act 1.

There is nothing perhaps more adverse to nature and reason than to hold in obedience remote countries and foreign nations in opposition to their inclination and interest.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Topic

Anti-imperialism Imperialism

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1781 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 3, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1781, ch. 49.

Current Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 3. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 49.

Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Apostle Paul

Philippians 2:12

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Topic

Salvation

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Philippians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Philippians 2:12).