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Put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

God

Exodus 3:5

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Topic

Holiness of God Sacred place

Speaker

God

Source

Exodus The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exocus 3:5).

God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

1st John 1:5

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Nature of God God

Source

1st John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st John 1:5).

Such truth as opposeth no man's profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Topic

Truth

Author

Thomas Hobbes

Source

Leviathan

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1651 1650s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 4, a review and conclusion.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 4, a review and conclusion.

Justice is love on legs, spilling over into the public sphere.

Cornel West

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Topic

Love as action Justice Political progress Progress

Speaker

Cornel West

Source

Big Think

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

West, Cornell. "Cornell West's Catastrophic Love." BigThink.com, 6 Nov. 2009.

Everybody talking 'bout gun control, gotta get rid of the guns. Fuck that, I like guns. You got a gun, you don’t have to work out.

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Topic

Gun control

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bigger & Blacker

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:5

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Human nature Sin Noah's flood

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 6:5).

I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

God

Exodus 20:2

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Topic

Deliverance of Israel Liberation

Speaker

God

Source

Exodus The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:2).

That's it baby, when you got it, flaunt it.

Mel Brooks

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Topic

Women's attractiveness

Speaker

Max Bialystock

Actor

Zero Mostel

Author

Mel Brooks

Source

The Producers

Medium

Film

Genre

Musical (film) Comedy (film) Musical Comedy

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

The Producers. Directed by Mel Brooks, Crossbow Productions, AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1967.

Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic

Nature

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

Of Experience Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "De l'Experience [Of Experience]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "On Experience." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

"Acceptance" is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else.

David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest

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Topic

Acceptance Resignation

Author

David Foster Wallace

Source

Infinite Jest

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wallace, David Foster. Infinite Jest. Little, Brown and Company, 1996.

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution—certainly would if such a right were a vital one.

Abraham Lincoln

First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Minority rights American politics

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

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Topic

Ocean and sea

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:7).

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Life Bicycles Momentum Idleness

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

Letters of Albert Einstein

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Letter to his son Eduard." Quoted in Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, 2007. Originally from Letter to his Son Eduard, 5 Feb. 1930.

Make no mistake—It's not revenge he's after. It's a reckonin'.

Doc Holliday

Tombstone

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Topic

Revenge

Speaker

Doc Holliday

Actor

Val Kilmer

Source

Tombstone

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tombstone. Directed by George P. Cosmatos, Hollywood Pictures/Cinergi Pictures, 1993.

Love is the state in which man sees things most widely different from what they are. The force of illusion reaches its zenith here, as likewise the sweetening and transfiguring power. When a man is in love he endures more than at other times; he submits to everything.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Antichrist

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Topic

Being in love

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Source

The Antichrist

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1895 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Der Antichrist [The Antichrist]. 1895, no. 23.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. "The Anti-Christ." The Twilight of the Idols and Anti-Christ, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 1990, no. 23.

Every revolutionary ends by becoming either an oppressor or a heretic.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Topic

Revolutionaries Revolution Political theory Politics

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Rebel

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

French

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Camus, Albert. L'Homme Revolte [The Rebel]. Gallimard, 1951.

Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job

Job 1:21

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Topic

God is in control God The human condition

Speaker

Job

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 1:21).

Put that coffee down! Coffee's for closers only.

Glengarry Glen Ross

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Topic

Coffee

Speaker

Blake

Actor

Alec Baldwin

Source

Glengarry Glen Ross

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Glengarry Glen Ross. Directed by James Foley, Zupnik Enterprises, 1992.

States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

George W. Bush

2002 State of the Union Address

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Topic

Axis of evil War on Terrorism 9-11

Speaker

George W. Bush

Source

2002 State of the Union Address Presidential State of the Union address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Bush, George W. Address before a joint session of the Congress on the State of the Union. Joint session of Congress. 29 Jan. 2002, US Capitol Building, Washington DC, USA.

What can only be taught by the rod and with blows will not lead to much good; they will not remain pious any longer than the rod is behind them.

Martin Luther

The Large Catechism

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Topic

Corporal punishment

Author

Martin Luther

Source

The Large Catechism

Genre

Religious literature

Language

German

Time

1529 1520s 16th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Luther, Martin. Der Große Katechismus [The Large Catechism]. Wittenberg, 1529, second commandant.

Current Citation

Luther, Martin. Luther's Large Catechism with Study Questions. Concordia Publishing House, 2010, second commandant.