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I’m going to give you a little advice. There’s a force in the universe that makes things happen and all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.

Caddyshack

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Letting go

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Ty Webb

Actor

Chevy Chase

Source

Caddyshack

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Caddyshack. Directed by Harold Ramis, Orion Pictures, 1980.

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These are my politics: to change what we can; to better what we can; but still to bear in mind that man is but a devil weakly fettered by some generous beliefs and impositions; and for no word however nobly sounding, and no cause however just and pious, to relax the stricture of these bonds.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Politics and human nature Human nature Political theory

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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English

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

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Stevenson, Robert Louis and Fanny Stevenson. "Epilogue of the Cigar Divan." More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1885.

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Productivity isn't everything, but in the long run it is almost everything.

Paul Krugman

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The long run Productivity Economics

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Paul Krugman

Source

The Age of Diminished Expectations

Genre

Economic literature

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English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Krugman, Paul. The Age of Diminished Expectations. MIT Press, 1990.

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As you know, you go to war with the army you have. They're not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Iraq War War

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Donald Rumsfeld

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English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Rumsfeld, Donald. Remark about the lack of equipment in Iraq. 8 Dec. 2004, Kuwait.

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Rumsfeld, Donald. Quoted in Accountability for Killing: Moral Responsibility for Collateral Damage in America's Post-9/11 Wars, written by Neta C. Crawford. Oxford University Press, 2013.

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It doesn't make any difference what city, all cities are alike. That's why I'm out here now.

Easy Rider

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Cities Running away

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Stranger on Highway

Actor

Luke Askew

Source

Easy Rider

Medium

Film

Genre

Road movie Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

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People of Western Europe: A landing was made this morning on the coast of France by troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force. This landing is part of the concerted United Nations plan for the liberation of Europe, made in conjuction with our great Russian allies... I call upon all who love freedom to stand with us. Keep your faith staunch-our arms are resolute-together we shall achieve victory.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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D-Day Invasion World War II

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Medium

Radio broadcast

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English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. Broadcast on D-Day. 6 June 1944, Broadcast Room, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Radio broadcast.

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The distinguishing thing about the paranoid style is not that its exponents see conspiracies or plots here and there in history, but that they regard a "vast" or "gigantic" conspiracy as the motive force in historical events. History is a conspiracy, set in motion by demonic forces of almost trancendent power, and what is felt to be needed to defeat it is no the usual methods of political give and take, but an all-out crusade.

Richard Hofstadter

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Conspiracy theories

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Richard Hofstadter

Source

The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Hofstadter, Richard. "The Paranoid Style in American Politics." Harper's Magazine, Nov. 1964.

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I am not one of those who think that the people are never in the wrong. They have been so, frequently and outrageously, both in other countries and in this. But I do say, that in all disputes between them and their rulers, the presumption is at least upon a par in favour of the people.

Edmund Burke

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Political theory Politics

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Edmund Burke

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Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontent

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Burke, Edmund. Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents. London: J. Dodsley, 1770.

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Burke, Edmund. "Thoughts on the Present Discontents." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

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The Catholic Church has never really come to terms with women. What I object to is being treated either as Madonnas or Mary Magdalenes.

Shirley Williams

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Catholic church Patriarchy Women

Author

Shirley Williams

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

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Williams, Shirley. Quoted in the Observer. 22 Mar. 1981.

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Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.

Jane Addams

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Poverty Political theory Role of government Charity

Author

Jane Addams

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Twenty Years at Hull House

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

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Addams, Jane. Twenty Years at Hull House. The Macmillan Company, 1910.

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"If you believe," he shouted to them, "clap your hands; don't let Tink die."

James M. Barrie

Peter Pan

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Fairies

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Peter Pan

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James M. Barrie

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Peter Pan

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

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Barrie, James M. Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Performed by Gerald du Maurier, Nina Boucicault, Joan Burnett, Christine Silver, A.W. Baskcomb, and Alice DuBarry. 27 Dec. 1904, Duke of York's Theatre, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 4.

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The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.

Hermann Hesse

Steppenwolf

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Bourgeoisie Middle class values

Author

Hermann Hesse

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Steppenwolf

Medium

Novel

Language

German

Time

1927 1920s 20th century

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Hesse, Herman. Der Steppenwolf [The Steppenwolf]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1927.

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Hesse, Herman. Steppenwolf, translated by Basil Creighton. Picador, 2002.

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The business world contains plenty of successful men who have no brains.

Abraham Cahan

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The Rise of David Levinsky

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Success in business Success Business

Author

Abraham Cahan

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The Rise of David Levinsky

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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Cahan, Abraham. The Rise of David Levinsky. Harper & Brothers, 1917.

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Cahan, Abraham. The Rise of David Levinsky. Dover Publications, 2002.

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In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.

Lord Chesterfield

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Moral contagion Scandal

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Lord Chesterfield

Source

Letters of Lord Chesterfield

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1748 1740s 18th century

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Stanhope, Philip Dormer. Letter to his son. 19 Oct. 1748.

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Strange to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition.

Samuel Pepys

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Misery loves company Marriage

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Samuel Pepys

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1665 1660s 17th century

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Pepys, Samuel. Diary entry. 25 Dec. 1665.

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Pepys, Samuel. "Diary entry, 25 Dec. 1665." The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Everyman's Library, 2018.

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There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

Douglas Adams

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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Purpose of life Meaning of life The universe

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Douglas Adams

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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Medium

Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Adams, Douglas. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Pan Books, 1980, introductory paragraph.

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I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance.

Christopher Marlowe

The Jew of Malta

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Religion

Speaker

Machiavel

Author

Christopher Marlowe

Source

The Jew of Malta

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1593 1590s 16th century

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Marlowe, Christopher. The Jew of Malta. London, c. 1633, prologue.

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Marlowe, Christopher. "The Jew of Malta." Christopher Marlowe: The Complete Plays. Penguin Classics, 2004, prologue.

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Between good sense and good taste there is the same difference as between cause and effect.

Jean de La Bruyere

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Good taste Taste

Author

Jean de La Bruyere

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The Characters, or The Manners of the Age

Language

French

Time

1688 1680s 17th century

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De La Bruyere, Jean. "Des jugements [Of Judgement]." Les Caracteres ou Les Moeurs de Ce Siecle [The Characters or The Manners of the Age]. Paris: Chez Estienne Michallet, 1688.

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The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual.

H.G. Wells

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The internet Man and machine Technological progress

Author

H.G. Wells

Source

Harper's Magazine

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Wells, H. G. "The Idea of a Permanent World Encyclopaedia." Harper's Magazine, Apr. 1937.

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Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Rebecca West

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Artist and audience Art

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Rebecca West

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The Court and the Castle

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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West, Rebecca. The Court and the Castle. Yale University Press, 1957.

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