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I want to make work so people can be moved by a sense of the possible.

Zhang Huan

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Purpose of art Artist and audience Art

Speaker

Zhang Huan

Medium

Interview

Language

Chinese

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Huan, Zheng. "Interview with Zhang Huan." Interviewed by Roselee Goldberg. Pilgrimage to Santiago, 2000.

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Are all American officers so ill-mannered?

The Great Escape

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American character Americans World War II

Speaker

Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

Actor

Hannes Messemer

Source

The Great Escape

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) Adventure (film) War Adventure

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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The Great Escape. Directed by John Sturges, The Mirisch Company, 1963.

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O you who hear within these scattered verses
The sound of sighs with which I fed my heart
In my first errant youthful days when I
In part was not the man I am today.

Petrarch

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Learning from the past Looking back

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Petrarch

Medium

Poem

Language

Italian

Time

1352 1350s 14th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Petrarch. Rerum vulgarium fragmenta. c. 1352.

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Petrarch. "Selections from the Canzoniere." Selections from the Canzoniere and Other Works. Oxford University Press, 1999.

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The Federal Constitution is a grant from the States to Congress of certain specific powers, and the question whether this grant should be liberally or strictly construed has more or less divided political parties from the beginning.

James Buchanan

Inaugural Address of James Buchanan

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Constitutional theory US Constitution American politics

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James Buchanan

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Inaugural Address of James Buchanan Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1857 1850s 19th century

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

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Journeys end in lovers meeting,
Every wise man's son doth know.

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

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End of a journey Travel

Speaker

Clown

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Twelfth Night

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Romantic comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1602 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 3.

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A soggy little island huffing and puffing to keep up with Western Europe.

John Updike

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Great Britain England

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On England.

Author

John Updike

Source

Notes of a Temporary Resident

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Updike, John. "Notes of a Temporary Resident." The Listener. c. 1969.

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I was told that desire for learning in women was against the will of God.

Mary Butts

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Oppression of women Women's rights Education

Author

Mary Butts

Source

The Crystal Cabinet

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Butts, Mary. The Crystal Cabinet: My Childhood at Salterns. London: Metheun & Co., 1937.

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The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes, and he annexes everything.

Oscar Wilde

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Borrowing and creativity Creativity

Author

Oscar Wilde

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Olivia at the Lyceum Dramatic Review

Language

English

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

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Wilde, Oscar. "Olivia at the Lyceum." Dramatic Review, 30 May 1885.

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If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in the hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.

Albert Einstein

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Vocation Jobs

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Albert Einstein

Source

The Reporter

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Einstein, Albert. "On Intellectual Freedom, 18 November 1954." Einstein on Politics, edited by David E. Rowe and Robert Schulmann. Princeton University Press, 2007, ch. 10. Originally from Letter to the editor published in The Reporter, 18 Nov. 1954.

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Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about everything in every possible way.

Salman Rushdie

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Literature

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Salman Rushdie

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Rushdie, Salman. "Is Nothing Sacred?" Presented by Harold Pinter. 6 Feb. 1990, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, UK. Lecture.

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Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Downsides of education Education

Author

Henry Adams

Source

The Education of Henry Adams

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

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Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 25.

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Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 25.

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A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits is not open to things as they are.

Shunryu Suzuki

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Closed-mindedness Open-mindedness Habits Acceptance

Author

Shunryu Suzuki

Source

Zen Mind, Beginnner's Mind

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Weatherhill, 1970. Originally a talk given at his Zen center in c. 1969, Los Altos, CA, USA.

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It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

Henry James

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America and Europe

Author

Henry James

Source

Letters of Henry James

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1872 1870s 19th century

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James, Henry. Letter to Charles Eliot Norton. 4 Feb. 1872.

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James, Henry. Henry James: A Life in Letters, edited by Philip Horne. Penguin Classics, 2001.

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Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

Vera Brittain

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Politics

Author

Vera Brittain

Source

The Rebel Passion

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Brittain, Vera. The Rebel Passion. Fellowship Publications/Allen & Unwin, 1964.

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It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

Warren Buffett

1989 Letter to Shareholders

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Investing Business

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Warren Buffett

Source

1989 Letter to Shareholders

Medium

Letter

Genre

Letter to shareholders

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Buffett, Warren. Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders. c. 1989.

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You will be damned if you do-And you will be damned if you don't.

Lorenzo Dow

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Reflections on the Love of God

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Rock and a hard place Options

Author

Lorenzo Dow

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Reflections on the Love of God

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Dow, Lorenzo. The Dealings of God, Man and the Devil, as Exemplified in the Life, Experience and Travels of Lorenzo Dow. Norwich: W. Faukner, 1833.

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You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king: and... You must hate "a Frenchman as you hate the devil."

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England and France

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Horatio, Lord Nelson

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English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

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Nelson, Horatio. Quoted in The Life of Nelson, written by Robert Southey. Vol. 1, London: John Murray, 1813, ch. 3.

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Nelson, Horatio. Quoted in The Life of Nelson, written by Robert Southey. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2015, ch. 3.

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Everywhere we remain unfree and chained to technology, whether we passionately affirm or deny it.

Martin Heidegger

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Downsides of technology Technology

Author

Martin Heidegger

Source

The Question Concerning Technology

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Heidegger, Martin. Vorträge und Aufsätze. Garland Publishing, 1954.

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Heidegger, Martin. "The Question Concerning Technology." The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays. Harper Perennial, 2013.

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Can I do something in my lifetime that can help change the way we are.... Can I help in a little tiny fraction, make it better here?

Maya Lin

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Changing the world Progress

Speaker

Maya Lin

Source

NEA Arts Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Lin, Maya. Interviewed by Rebecca Gross. NEA Arts Magazine, no. 4, 2011, www.arts.gov/stories/magazine/2011/4/what-innovation/maya-lin

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Nothing contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits.

David Ricardo

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Profits Prosperity Capitalism

Author

David Ricardo

Source

On Protection to Agriculture

Medium

Essay

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1822 1820s 19th century

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Ricardo, David. On Protection to Agriculture. London: John Murray, 1822.

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