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Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.

Rita Mae Brown

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Insanity

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Rita Mae Brown

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English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Brown, Rita Mae. Sudden Death. Bantam Books, 1983, ch. 4.

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How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof!...In such places standing alone on the mountain-top it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make—leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents, or piled stone—we all dwell in a house of one room—the world with the firmament for its roof—and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track.

John Muir

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The night sky Interconnectedness of all people

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John Muir

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Personal journal

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English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

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Muir, John. Journal entry. 18 July 1890.

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It'll play in Peoria.

John Ehrlichman

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The political center Middle America Political strategy American politics

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John Ehrlichman

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Ehrichman, John. Quoted in "The Middle American Who Edits Ideas for Nixon." Written by Robert B. Semple, Jr. The New York Times, 12 Apr. 1970. Originally spoken to a newsman in 1969 in Washington, DC, USA.

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You know you can't please all the people all the time, and last night all those people were at my show.

Mitch Hedberg

Comedy Central Presents

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Artist and audience

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Mitch Hedberg

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Comedy Central Presents

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Hedberg, Mitch. Comedy Central Presents. Comedy Central, 5 Jan. 1999.

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I am a lover and have not found my thing to love.

Sherwood Anderson

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Looking for love

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Stranger

Author

Sherwood Anderson

Source

Tandy

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

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Anderson, Sherwood. "Tandy." Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life. B. W. Huebsch, 1919.

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Anderson, Sherwood. "Tandy." Winesburg, Ohio, edited by Marc K. Dudley. W. W. Norton & Company, 2023.

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I am much occupied with the investigation of physical causes. My aim in this is to show that the celestial machine is not similar to a divine animated being, but similar to a clock.

Johannes Kepler

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The laws of physics The universe

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Johannes Kepler

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

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Kepler, Johannes. Letter to Herwart von Hohenbury. 10 Feb. 1605.

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Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.

George Perkins Marsh

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Man and Nature

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Man and nature Environmental destruction

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George Perkins Marsh

Source

Man and Nature

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English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

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Marsh, George Perkins. Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. New York: Charles Scribner, 1864, ch. 1.

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Marsh, George Perkins. Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action. Dover Publications, 2021, ch. 1.

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I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

John Paul Jones

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Sailing Taking risks

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John Paul Jones

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

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Jones, John Paul. Letter to Le Ray de Chaumont. 16 Nov. 1778.

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The house of everyone is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose

Edward Coke

Semayne's Case

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Castle doctrine Home Legal theory

Author

Edward Coke

Source

Semayne's Case

Medium

Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1603 1600s 17th century

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Coke, Edward. Court of King's Bench. Peter Semayne v Richard Gresham. 5 Co Rep 91 a. Michaelmas Term, 1604.

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Over all, rocks, wood, and water, brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its inmost depths.

Thomas Cole

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Essay on American Scenery

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Power of nature Nature

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Thomas Cole

Source

Essay on American Scenery

Genre

Nature writing

Language

English

Time

1836 1830s 19th century

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Cole, Thomas. "Essay on American Scenery." American Monthly Magazine, 1 Jan. 1836.

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The automobile is the greatest catastrophe in the entire history of city architecture.

Philip C. Johnson

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Cars Urban planning Cities

Author

Philip C. Johnson

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Johnson, Philip C. "The Town and the Automobile or the Pride of Elm Street." Writings. Oxford University Press, 1979.

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I don't want loyalty. I want loyalty. I want him to kiss my ass in Macy's window at high noon and tell me it smells like roses. I want his pecker in my pocket.

Lyndon B. Johnson

On a prospective assistant.

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Loyalty

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Johnson, Lyndon B. Lyndon Johnson demanding loyalty from a potential White House hire. c. 1967, Washington, DC, USA.

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For the first time in her life she stood naked in the open air, at the mercy of the sun, the breeze that beat upon her, and the waves that invited her.

Kate Chopin

The Awakening

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Experiencing things

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Kate Chopin

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The Awakening

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

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Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1899, ch. 39.

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Chopin, Kate. "The Awakening." The Awakening and Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 39.

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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not possibly have met.

Fran Lebowitz

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Originality

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Fran Lebowitz

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People Social Studies

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

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Lebowitz, Fran. "People." Social Studies. Random House, 1981.

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The power of money is a distinctly male power. Money speaks, but it speaks with a male voice. In the hands of women, money stays literal; count it out, it buys what it is worth or less. In the hands of men, money buys women, sex, status, dignity, esteem, recognition, loyalty, all manner of possibility.

Andrea Dworkin

Pornography: Men Possessing Women

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Power of money Money

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Andrea Dworkin

Source

Pornography: Men Possessing Women

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

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Dworkin, Andrea. Pornography: Men Possessing Women. Putnam, 1981.

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For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: "It might have been!"

John Greenleaf Whittier

Maud Muller

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The road not taken Regrets

Author

John Greenleaf Whittier

Source

Maud Muller

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

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Wittier, John Greenleaf. "Maud Muller." The Panorama and Other Poems. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856, st. 53.

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Wittier, John Greenleaf. "Maud Muller." John Greenleaf Whittier: Selected Poems. Library of America, 2004.

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The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop.

John Updike

Couples

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Infidelity

Author

John Updike

Source

Couples

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968, ch. 5.

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Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

Bruce Cockburn

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Lovers in a Dangerous Time

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Progress

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Bruce Cockburn

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Lovers in a Dangerous Time Stealing Fire

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Cockburn, Bruce. "Lovers in a Dangerous Time." Stealing Fire. True North Records, 1984.

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I've always wanted to be somebody. But I see now I should have been more specific.

Lily Tomlin

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The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

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Ambition

Speaker

Lily Tomlin

Author

Jane Wagner

Source

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Wagner, Jane. "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe." Performed by Lily Tomlin. 1985, Plymouth Theater, New York City, NY, USA.

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A man said to the universe:
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."

Stephen Crane

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A Man Said to the Universe

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Man and the universe

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Stephen Crane

Source

A Man Said to the Universe

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

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Crane, Stephen. "A Man Said to the Universe." War is Kind and Other Lines. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899, I. 1.

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Crane, Stephen. "A Man Said to the Universe." War is Kind and Other Lines. Dover Publications, 2016, I. 1.

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