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Rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Proverbs 5:18

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Topic

Marriage

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 5:18).

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.

T.H. Huxley

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Topic

Science

Author

T.H. Huxley

Source

On the Method of Zadig

Medium

Essay

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1880 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Huxley, Thomas Henry. "The Method of Zadig." 1880, Working Men's College, London, England, UK. Lecture.

A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know.

Mistinguett

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Topic

Kisses

Speaker

Mistinguett

Source

Theatre Arts

Medium

Magazine

Language

French

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Mistinguett. Quoted in "Limelights and Footlights." Written by Hedy Clark. Theatre Arts, 1955.

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.

Learned Hand

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Topic

Decisions and choices Life

Speaker

Learned Hand

Source

Speeches of Learned Hand

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Hand, Learned. "On Receiving an Honorary Degree." Harvard Alumni Bulletin, 7 July 1939.

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them.

Alfred North Whitehead

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Topic

Advance of civilization Civilization Progress

Author

Alfred North Whitehead

Source

Introduction to Mathematics

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1911 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. An Introduction to Mathematics. Henry Holt and Company/Williams and Norgate, 1911, ch. 5.

To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by eternal ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

Samuel Johnson

Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets

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Topic

Organized religion The Church

Author

Samuel Johnson

Source

Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets

Language

English

Time

1781 1780s 18th century

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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. "Milton." Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. London: C. Bathurst, et al., 1781.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. "Milton." The Lives of the Poets: A Selection, edited by Roger Lonsdale. Oxford University Press, 2009.

I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any social system whatsoever. But the men of ritual and the men of barbarism are capable of shutting up the men of science and of silencing them forever.

Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

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Topic

Intellectual freedom Critical thinking Scientific progress Progress

Speaker

Doremus Jessup

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

It Can't Happen Here

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. It Can't Happen Here. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1935, ch. 36.

Imagine how many people out there right now are fuckin’ man...just goin’ at it.

Dazed and Confused

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Topic

Sex

Speaker

Ron Slater

Actor

Rory Cochrane

Source

Dazed and Confused

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Comedy (film) Coming of age Comedy

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Dazed and Confused. Directed by Richard Linklater, Detour Filmproduction/Alphaville Films, 1993.

Though the great artists of the past could not change the course of history, it is only through their work that we are able to break bread with the dead, and without communion with the dead a fully human life is impossible.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Purpose of art Artists

Speaker

W.H. Auden

Source

Words and the Word

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "Words and the Word." Secondary Worlds. Random House, 1968. Originally a lecture given on Oct. 1967, University of Kent, Canterbury, England, UK.

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid.

Bertrand Russell

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Topic

Work Social hierarchy

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Harper's Magazine

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. "In Praise of Idleness." In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays. George Allen & Unwin, 1935. Originally published in Harper's Magazine, Oct. 1932.

Your path is at your feet whether you realize it or not. That is the most important thing that I will say but I will not enlarge upon it.

Agnes Martin

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Topic

Personal journey Self-awareness

Speaker

Agnes Martin

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Martin, Agnes. Quoted in Agnes Martin: Paintings, Writings, Remembrances, written by Arne Glimcher. Phaidon Press, 2012.

The best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds.

Edgar A. Guest

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Topic

Practice what you preach Personal integrity

Author

Edgar A. Guest

Source

Sermons We See

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Guest, Edgar. Sermons We See. c. 1926.

Feminism is the most revolutionary idea there has ever been. Equality for women demands a change in the human psyche more profound than anything Marx dreamed of. It means valuing parenthood as much as we value banking.

Polly Toynbee

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Topic

Feminism Women's equality Societal values

Author

Polly Toynbee

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Toynbee, Polly. Guardian. 19 Jan. 1987.

Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first, best country ever is at home.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Topic

Patriotism

Author

Oliver Goldsmith

Source

The Traveller

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1764 1760s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Citation

Goldsmith, Oliver. The Traveller; or, a Prospect of Society. London: John Newbery, 1764.

The government of cities is the one conspicuous failure of the United States.

James Bryce

The American Commonwealth

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Topic

City politics America

Author

James Bryce

Source

The American Commonwealth

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1888 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Bryce, James. The American Commonwealth. Vol. 1, London: Macmillan and Co., 1888, ch. 51.

What has once been settled by a precedent will not be unsettled over night, for certainty and uniformity are gains not lightly to be sacrificed.

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Topic

Stare decisis Constitutional theory

Speaker

Benjamin Cardozo

Source

The Paradoxes of Legal Science

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan. "Stability and Progress." The Paradoxes of Legal Science. Columbia University Press, 1928.

Really the only time to ever drink a shot is never. No one's ever drank a shot and then done something they're proud of.

Jim Gaffigan

Obsessed

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Topic

Shots Alcohol Bad decisions

Author

Jim Gaffigan

Source

Obsessed

Medium

Standup comedy

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Gaffigian, Jim. "Obsessed." Comedy Central Special. 27 Apr. 2014, Comedy Central. Originally presented on 18 Jan. 2014 at the Wilbur Theater, Boston, MA, USA.

There's no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

Brendan Behan

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Topic

Publicity

Speaker

Brendan Behan

Source

My Brother Brendan

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Behan, Brendan. Quoted in My Brother Brendan, written by Dominic Behan. Simon and Schuster, 1965.

The horror of the 20th Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.

Norman Mailer

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Topic

20th century

Author

Norman Mailer

Source

The Psychology of Astronauts Life Magazine

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Mailer, Norman. "The Psychology of Astronauts." Of a Fire on the Moon. Little, Brown and Co., 1970. Originally published in Life Magazine, 14 Nov. 1969.

In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.

Harry A. Blackmun

Regents of University of California v. Bakke

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Topic

Affirmative action Racism Equality

Author

Harry A. Blackmun

Source

Regents of University of California v. Bakke

Medium

Supreme Court opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Blackmun, Harry. United States, Supreme Court. Regents of University of California v. Bakke. United States Reports, vol. 438, 28 June 1978, pp. 265-421. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/438/265/.