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This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

Margaret Atwood

Surfacing

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Locus of control

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Margaret Atwood

Source

Surfacing

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. McClelland and Stewart, 1972, ch. 27.

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How apt the poor are to be proud!

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

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The poor

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Olivia

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William Shakespeare

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Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Romantic comedy (play)

Statement Type

Paradox

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 3, sc. 1.

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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 3, sc. 1.

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The apparel oft proclaims the man.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Personal brand Image Clothes make the man Clothing

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Lord Polonius

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 3.

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He that falls in love with himself, will have no Rivals.

Richard Saunders

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Narcissism

Author

Richard Saunders

Source

Poor Richard, 1739.

Medium

Almanac

Language

English

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

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Franklin, Benjamin [Published as Richard Saunders]. "February 1739." Poor Richard, 1739. An Almanack for the Year of Christ 1739. Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin, 1738.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard 1739." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Genesis 3:4-5

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Eye opening experience Temptation Original sin Eve The devil

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Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

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Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:4-5).

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But then they danced down the street like dingle-dodies, and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everbody goes "Awww!"

Jack Kerouac

On the Road

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Taking a different path

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Jack Kerouac

Source

On the Road

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Kerouac, Jack. On the Road. Viking Press, 1957, pt. 1.

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One can live for years sometimes, without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into a single hour.

Oscar Wilde

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Life The human condition

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Ivan the Czar

Author

Oscar Wilde

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Vera, or The Nihilists

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play

Language

English

Time

1880 1880s 19th century

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Wilde, Oscar. Vera; or, The Nihilists. London: Ranken & Co., 1880, act 4.

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Wilde, Oscar. "Vera; or, The Nihilists." The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Vera; or The Nihilist and Lady Windermere's Fan, edited by Josephine M. Guy. Vol. 11, Oxford University Press, 2021, act 4.

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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business—you didn't build that.

Barack Obama

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Success in business Success American politics

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Barack Obama

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Speeches of Barack Obama

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Speech

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Political speech

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English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Obama, Barack. Remarks at campaign appearance. 13 July 2012, Roanoke, VA, USA.

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Even if it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, go on out and sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures; sweep streets like Handel and Beethoven composed music; sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry; (Go ahead) sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Doing a good job Vocation

Speaker

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Sermon

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life." 9 April 1967, New Convenant Baptist Church, Chicago, IL, USA. Sermon.

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Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks he is so well supplied with it, that even those most difficult to please in all other matters never desire more of it than they already possess.

René Descartes

Discourse on Method

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Common sense

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René Descartes

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Discourse on Method

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Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1637 1630s 17th century

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Descartes, René [published anonymously]. Discours de la Méthode: Pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences [Discourse on Method: To Conduct Reason Well, and Seek Truth in the Sciences]. Leiden, 1637, pt. 1.

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Descartes, René. Discourse on the Method, translated by Ian Maclean. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 1.

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Stand by your man
And show the world you love him,
Keep giving all the love you can.

Tammy Wynette

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Stand by Your Man

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Tammy Wynette

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Stand by Your Man

Medium

Song

Genre

Country music

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Wynette, Tammy and Billy Sherrill. "Stand by Your Man." Performed by Tammy Wynette. Stand by Your Man. Epic Records, 1969.

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Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Rhetoric

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Samuel Johnson

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James Boswell

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1763 1760s 18th century

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 31 July 1763.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.

God

Exodus 20:17

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Coveting Envy The Ten Commandments

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God

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Exodus The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:17).

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When two people take each other on terms of perfect equality, without the desire of one to control the other, to make the other subservient, it is a beautiful thing. It is the truest and highest state of life.

Susan B. Anthony

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Women's equality Men and women Relationships

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Susan B. Anthony

Source

New York World

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Anthony, Susan B. “Champion of Her Sex.” Interviewed by Nellie Bly. New York World, 2 Feb. 1896.

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Anthony, Susan B. “Champion of Her Sex.” The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: An Awful Hush 1895 to 1906, edited by Ann D. Gordon. Vol. 6, Rutgers University Press, 2013.

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I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.

Donald Trump

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Campaign promises American politics

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Donald Trump

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Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Trump, Donald. Announcement of presidential candidacy. 16 June 2015. Trump Tower, New York City, NY, USA.

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Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?

Steve Jobs

Inviting John Sculley, then president of Pepsi, to join Apple.

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Steve Jobs

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English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Jobs, Steve. Quoted in Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple, by John Sculley and John A. Byrne. Harper & Row, 1987, ch. 3. Originally a comment made to persuade John Sculley to become Apple's CEO, c. 1983.

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Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.

William Wordsworth

The Table Turned

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Learning from nature

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William Wordsworth

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The Table Turned

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Poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Wordsworth, William. "The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the same subject." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, I. 15.

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Wordsworth, William. "The Tables Turned." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 15.

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They are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word "citizens" in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.

Roger B. Taney

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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On American slaves and their descendants.

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Black Americans Citizenship Constitutional law Legal theory

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Roger B. Taney

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

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Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1857 1850s 19th century

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Taney, Roger B. United States, Supreme Court. Dred Scott v. Sandford. United States Reports, vol. 60, 6 Mar. 1857, pp. 393-633. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/60/393/.

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France cannot be France without greatness.

Charles de Gaulle

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France

Author

Charles de Gaulle

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L'Appel

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Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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De Gaulle, Charles. "L'Appel, 1940-1942." Mémoires de Guerre [War Memories]. c. 1954, ch. 1.

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De Gaulle, Charles. The Complete War Memoirs of Charles De Gaulle. Carroll & Graf Pub, 1998, vol. 1, ch. 1.

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The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

Thomas Carlyle

On Heroes

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Great man theory of history History

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Thomas Carlyle

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On Heroes

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English

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

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Carlyle, Thomas. "The Hero as Divinity." 5 May 1840, London, England, UK. Lecture.

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