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Marriage must ceaselessly combat a monster that devours everything: habit.

Honoré de Balzac

Physiologie du Mariage

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Topic

Relationship challenges Marriage

Author

Honoré de Balzac

Source

Physiologie du Mariage

Language

French

Time

1829 1820s 19th century

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Citation

De Balzac, Honoré. Physiologie du mariage [Physiology of Marriage]. Paris, 1829, pt. 1, meditation 5, no. 47.

Are you gonna bark all day, little doggy, or are you gonna bite?

Reservoir Dogs

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Topic

Words vs. actions

Speaker

Mr. Blonde

Actor

Michael Madsen

Source

Reservoir Dogs

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Reservoir Dogs. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Live America Inc./Dog Eat Dog Productions, 1992.

The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes.

George Sand

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Topic

Paying attention Observation

Author

George Sand

Language

French

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Sand, George. Letter to Madame Juliette Lamber. 7 Apr. 1868.

It was all a nothing and a man was nothing too. It was only that and light was all it needed and a certain cleanness and order. Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada y pues nada y nada y pues nada. Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.

Ernest Hemingway

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Topic

Meaninglessness

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." Scribner's Magazine, Mar. 1933.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway. Scribner, 1998.

The head is ever the dupe of the heart.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections

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Topic

Heart vs. mind

Author

François de La Rochefoucauld

Source

Reflections

Medium

Epigram

Language

French

Time

1678 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

Current Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Our whole duty, for the present, at any rate, is summed up in this motto, "America first."

Woodrow Wilson

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Topic

American foreign policy Isolationism

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "America First." Associated Press Luncheon. 20 Apr. 1915, New York City, NY, USA. Address.

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

Ralph Lauren

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Topic

Clothing Fashion

Speaker

Ralph Lauren

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Lauren, Ralph. Quoted in "New Fashion Ads: The Provocative Sells." Written by Michael Gross. The New York Times, 19 Apr. 1986.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Alexander Pope

The Rape of the Lock

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Topic

Legal system

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

The Rape of the Lock

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1714 1710s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. The Rape of the Lock. London: Bernard Lintott, 1714, canto 3, l. 21.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "The Rape of the Lock." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, canto 3, I. 21.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Citizen and state American politics

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Speech accepting renomination as president. Democratic National Convention. 27 June 1936, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

We do disagreeable things so that ordinary people here and elsewhere can sleep safely in their beds at night.

John le Carré

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

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Topic

Fighting the bad guys

Speaker

Control

Author

John le Carré

Source

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Medium

Novel

Genre

Spy novel Spy

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Carré, John le. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz & Pan, 1963, ch. 2.

I worry about if and when I'll ever find the right man, if I'll ever be able to exhale. The more I try not to think about it, the more I think about it.

Terry McMillan

Waiting to Exhale

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Topic

Finding someone

Author

Terry McMillan

Source

Waiting to Exhale

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

McMillan, Terry. Waiting to Exhale. The Viking Press, 1992.

So true is it that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural. The subjection of women to men being a universal custom, any departure from it quite naturally appears unnatural.

John Stuart Mill

The Subjection of Women

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Topic

Oppression of women Custom and convention

Author

John Stuart Mill

Source

The Subjection of Women

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 1.

A dog cannot relate his autobiography; however eloquently he may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were honest though poor.

Bertrand Russell

Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits

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Topic

Man and animals

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits. George, Allen and Unwin/Simon & Schuster, 1948, pt. 2, ch. 1.

John F. Kennedy. Remember him? He fucked Marilyn Monroe. Matter of fact, him and his brother Bobby fucked Marilyn Monroe. And history doesn’t talk about that much. You know why history doesn’t talk about that much? Because those two pages in history are stuck together.

Dave Chappelle

Killin' Them Softly

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Topic

History

Speaker

Dave Chappelle

Source

Killin' Them Softly

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Chappelle, Dave. Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly. HBO, 26 July 2000.

Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically. After all, when one thinks about it, it is not such a foolish thing to indulge in-particularly if it is the case that in bantering lies the key to human warmth.

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day

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Topic

Jokes Conversation

Author

Kazuo Ishiguro

Source

The Remains of the Day

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. Faber & Faber, 1989.

When the moon is in the seventh house,
And Jupiter aligns with Mars,
Then peace will guide the planets,
And love will steer the stars;
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius.

The 5th Dimension

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In

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Topic

Astrology

Speaker

The 5th Dimension

Source

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Rado, James and Gerome Ragni. "Medley: Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)." Performed by The 5th Dimension. The Age of Aquarius. Soul City Records, 1969.

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.

Clare Harner

Immortality

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Topic

Immortality The afterlife

Author

Clare Harner

Source

Immortality

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Harner, Clare. "Immortality." The Gypsy, Dec. 1934.

The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer.

D.H. Lawrence

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Topic

American character Americans

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Studies in Classic American Literature

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lawrence, D.H. Studies in Classic American Literature. Thomas Seltzer, 1923, ch. 5.

Night hath a thousand eyes.

John Lyly

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Topic

Stars

Author

John Lyly

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1600 1600s 17th century

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Citation

Lyly, John. The Maydes Metamorphosis. Children of Paul's, 1600, Paul's Cathedral, England, UK, act 3, sc. 1.

He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

P.G. Wodehouse

The Code of the Woosters

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Topic

Irritation

Author

P.G. Wodehouse

Source

The Code of the Woosters

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Wodehouse, P. G. The Code of the Woosters. Herbert Jenkins, 1938. Originally published in The Saturday Evening Post, 16 July 1938 - 3 Sept. 1938.