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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each one.

Barbra Streisand

Life Magazine

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Topic

Success

Speaker

Barbra Streisand

Source

Life Magazine

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Streisand, Barbra. Quoted in "Success Is a Baked Potato." Life Magazine, 20 Sept. 1963.

Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Apostle Paul

Romans 5:18-19

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Topic

Original sin Forgiveness of sins Salvation Jesus's death

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 5:18-19).

It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing-that's the Lord's test.

Mahalia Jackson

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Topic

Independence

Author

Mahalia Jackson

Source

Movin' On Up

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Jackson, Mahalia and Evan McLoud Wylie. Movin' On Up. Hawthorn Books, 1966, ch. 1.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Books Collective memory

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

Reading The Dyer's Hand

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Auden, W. H. "Reading." The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays. Random House, 1962.

The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.

Quintus Ennius

Quoted in On Friendship, by Cicero

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Tests of friendship

Speaker

Quintus Ennius

Author

Cicero

Source

On Friendship

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

44 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Laelius de Amicitia. c. 44 BC, ch. 17, sect. 64.

I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.

Ronald Reagan

1984 Presidential Debates

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Topic

American politics Political campaigns Politics

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Source

1984 Presidential Debates Presidential debates

Medium

Political debate

Statement Type

Political joke Joke

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "The Second Reagan-Mondale Presidential Debate." 21 Oct. 1984, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MO, USA. Presidential debate.

The blue period was not a question of color. It was an inner necessity to paint like that.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic

Artistic expression Self-expression Art

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Source

Vogue

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Picasso, Pablo. "Picasso." Interviewed by Alexander Liberman. Vogue, 1 Nov. 1956.

Where is human nature so weak as in a book-store!

Henry Ward Beecher

Star Papers

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Topic

Books

Author

Henry Ward Beecher

Source

Star Papers

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Beecher, Henry Ward. Star Papers; or, Experiences of Art and Nature. New York: J. C. Derby, 1855, ch. 21.

Summer has set in with its usual severity.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Topic

Summer Seasons

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1826 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. Quoted in "Letter to Bernard Barton, May 16, 1826." Written by Charles Lamb. 16 May 1826.

I want to write so that the reader in Des Moines, Iowa, in Kowloon, China, in Cape Town, South Africa, can say, "You know, that's the truth. I wasn't there, and I wasn't a six-foot black girl, but that's the truth."

Maya Angelou

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Topic

Universality of literature Power of literature Writing

Speaker

Maya Angelou

Source

Time Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Angelou, Maya. Interviewed by Belinda Luscome. Time, 8 Apr. 2013.

The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.

Sherlock Holmes

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

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Topic

Rural vs. urban

Speaker

Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

Medium

Short story Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches." The Strand Magazine. London, 1892.

Current Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches." The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2010.

There is no part of the means placed in the hands of the Executive which might be used with greater effect for unhallowed purposes than the control of the public press.

William Henry Harrison

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison

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Topic

Freedom of the press

Speaker

William Henry Harrison

Source

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Harrison, William Henry. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1841, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations... The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.

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Topic

Quotations

Author

Winston Churchill

Source

My Early Life

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Churchill, Winston. My Early Life. T. Butterworth/C. Scribner's Sons, 1930, ch. 9.

We are stardust,
We are golden,
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden.

Joni Mitchell

Woodstock

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Topic

Garden of Eden Modern life

Speaker

Joni Mitchell

Source

Woodstock

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mitchell, Joni. "Woodstock." Ladies of the Canyon. Reprise Records, 1970.

The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.

Matthew Arnold

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Topic

Poetry

Author

Matthew Arnold

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "On Translating Homer: Last Words." 1862, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "On Translating Homer: Last Words 1862." Culture and Anarchy and Other Selected Prose. Penguin Classics, 2015.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

Truman Capote

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Topic

Editing Writing

Speaker

Truman Capote

Source

Conversations with Capote

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Capote, Truman. Conversations with Truman Capote, written by Lawrence Grobel. Dutton, 1985. Originally an interview with Lawrence Grobel, c. 1985.

The only valid thing in art is that which cannot be explained.

Georges Braque

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Topic

The mysterious Art

Author

Georges Braque

Medium

Interview

Language

Unclear

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Braque, George. Interviewed by John Richardson. New York Graphic Society, 1957.

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

Psalm 71:12

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Topic

God's protection

Source

Psalms The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 71:12).

But there is still an undercurrent at work by which, if not seasonably checked, the worst apprehensions of our antifederal patriots will be realized, and not only will the State authorities be overshadowed by the great increase of power in the executive department of the General Government, but the character of that Government, if not its designation, be essentially and radically changed.

William Henry Harrison

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison

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Excessive federal power Federalism American politics

Speaker

William Henry Harrison

Source

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Harrison, William Henry. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1841, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song.

Rachel Carson

Silent Spring

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Topic

Environmental destruction

Author

Rachel Carson

Source

Silent Spring

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin, 1962, ch. 8.