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I don't talk about success, I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.

Imogen Cunningham

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Topic

Success Legacy

Speaker

Imogen Cunningham

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cunningham, Imogen. Interviewed by Paul J. Karlstrom and Louise Katzman. 9 June 1975, San Franacisco, CA, USA.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Helen Keller

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Topic

Opportunities Moving forward Perspective

Author

Helen Keller

Source

We Bereaved

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Keller, Helen. We Bereaved. Leslie Fulenwider, 1929.

Wars are not won by evacuations.

Dunkirk

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Topic

Retreat War

Speaker

Tommy

Actor

Fionn Whitehead

Source

Dunkirk

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Dunkirk. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Syncopy Inc./RatPac-Dune Entertainment, 2017.

No, of course I like you. It's because I like you I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion.

Finding Nemo

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Topic

Feeling conflicted Relationships

Speaker

Marlin

Actor

Albert Brooks

Source

Finding Nemo

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Animation

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Finding Nemo. Directed by Andrew Stanton, Pixar Animation Studios/ Walt Disney Pictures, 2003.

My work is completed by the viewer.

Bridget Riley

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Topic

Artistic process Artist and audience Art

Speaker

Bridget Riley

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Riley, Bridget. "The Life of Riley." Interviewed by Jonathan Jones. Guardian, July 4, 2008, www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/jul/05/art1.

In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

Proverbs 10:19

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Topic

Silence is golden Tact and discretion

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 10:19).

Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.

Edward Young

Night Thoughts

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Topic

Wisdom

Author

Edward Young

Source

Night Thoughts

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1742 1740s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Young, Edward. The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality. London: R. Dodsley, 1742-1745, Night 1, I. 390.

Current Citation

Young, Edward. Edward Young: Night Thoughts, edited by Stephen Cornford. Cambridge University Press, 2008, Night 1, I. 390.

Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.

Joseph Schumpeter

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

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Topic

Bureaucracy Democracy Political theory

Author

Joseph Schumpeter

Source

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

Genre

Economic literature Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Schumpeter, Joseph Alois. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Harper & Brothers, 1942, pt. 3, ch. 18.

The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.

Wole Soyinka

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Topic

Political courage Tyranny

Author

Wole Soyinka

Source

The Man Died: Prison Notes

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Soyinka, Wole. "A Letter to Compatriots." The Man Died: Prison Notes. Harper & Row/Rex Collings Limited, 1972.

The grand aim of all science [is] to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest possible number of hypotheses or axioms.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Purpose of science Science

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Source

The Universe and Dr. Eistein

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Einstein, Albert. Quoted in The Universe and Dr. Eistein. Written by Lincoln Barnett. Sloane, 1950. Originally printed in Harpers, 1948.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

Stanley Kubrick

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Topic

Morality in foreign policy Foreign policy International politics Might makes right

Speaker

Stanley Kubrick

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Kubrick, Stanley. Quoted in The Guardian. 5 June 1963.

Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have. Wait, wait. I worry what you just heard was, "Give me a lot of bacon and eggs." What I said was, "Give me all the bacon and eggs you have." Do you understand?

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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Topic

Breakfast Food

Speaker

Ron Swanson

Actor

Nick Offerman

Source

Parks and Recreation

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"Indianapolis." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Katie Dippold, directed by Randall Einhorn, season 3, episode 6, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2011.

It has promoted the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all; it has to an extent far beyond the ordinary lot of humanity secured the freedom and happiness of this people. We now receive it as a precious inheritance from those to whom we are indebted for its establishment, doubly bound by the examples which they have left us and by the blessings which we have enjoyed as the fruits of their labors to transmit the same unimpaired to the succeeding generation.

John Quincy Adams

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams

On the U.S. Constitution.

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Topic

US Constitution

Speaker

John Quincy Adams

Source

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Adams, John Quincy. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1825, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

All agree that under the Constitution slavery in the States is beyond the reach of any human power except that of the respective States themselves wherein it exists.

James Buchanan

Inaugural Address of James Buchanan

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Topic

Pre-Civil War conflict Slavery American politics

Speaker

James Buchanan

Source

Inaugural Address of James Buchanan Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1857 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Buchanan, James. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1857, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Carl Sagan

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Topic

Evidence

Author

Carl Sagan

Source

Four Cosmic Questions Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sagan, Carl. "Four Cosmic Questions." Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium. Random House, 1997, ch. 5.

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies.
And be it gash or gold it will not come
Again in this identical disguise.

Gwendolyn Brooks

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Topic

The little things Special moments

Author

Gwendolyn Brooks

Source

Exhaust the Little Moment

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Brooks, Gwendolyn. "Exhaust the Little Moment." Annie Allen. Harper & Brothers, 1949.

Food comes first, then morals.

Bertolt Brecht

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Topic

Moral relativism Moral principles Morality

Speaker

Macheath

Author

Bertolt Brecht

Source

The Threepenny Opera

Medium

Play

Language

German

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. Die Dreigroschenoper [The Threepenny Opera]. 31 Aug. 1928, Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, Germany, act 2, sc. 6.

Current Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. The Threepenny Opera. Grove Press, 1994, act 2, sc. 6.

A person can be expected to act responsibly only if he has responsibility. This is human nature. So let us encourage individuals at home and nations abroad to do more for themselves, to decide more for themselves. Let us locate responsibility in more places. Let us measure what we will do for others by what they will do for themselves.

Richard Nixon

Second Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon

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Topic

Personal responsibility

Speaker

Richard Nixon

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nixon, Richard. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1973, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The question isn't what are we going to do. The question is what aren't we going to do.

Ferris Bueller

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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Topic

Skipping school Days off

Speaker

Ferris Bueller

Actor

Matthew Broderick

Source

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Directed by John Hughes. Paramount Pictures, 1986.

Peter, I can't come with you. I've forgotten how to fly. I'm old, Peter. Ever so much more than twenty. I grew up a long time ago.

Hook

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Topic

Growing up Loss of innocence

Speaker

Granny Wendy

Actor

Maggie Smith

Source

Hook

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Adventure

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hook. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1991.