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They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone—the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.

Louis Brandeis

Olmstead v. United States

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Topic

Right to privacy Fourth Amendment Bill of Rights Constitutional law

Author

Louis Brandeis

Source

Olmstead v. United States

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Dissenting opinion Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Brandeis, Louis. Dissenting Opinion. Olmstead v. United States. United States Reports, vol. 277, 4 June 1928, pp. 471-485. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/277/438/.

I believe in two things: discipline and the Bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.

The Shawshank Redemption

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Topic

Discipline Trust in God Prison

Speaker

Warden Samuel Norton

Actor

Bob Gunton

Source

The Shawshank Redemption

Medium

Film

Genre

Prison drama (film) Drama (film) Prison drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Shawshank Redemption. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.

I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.

William James

Pragmatism

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Topic

Existence of God

Author

William James

Source

Pragmatism

Genre

Philosophical speech

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

James, William. "Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered." Nov. 1906, Lowell Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

James, William. "Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered." Pragmatism. Dover Publications, 2018.

Every time a child says, "I don't believe in fairies," there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead.

James M. Barrie

Peter Pan

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Topic

Fairies

Speaker

Peter Pan

Author

James M. Barrie

Source

Peter Pan

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Barrie, James M. Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Performed by Gerald du Maurier, Nina Boucicault, Joan Burnett, Christine Silver, A.W. Baskcomb, and Alice DuBarry. 27 Dec. 1904, Duke of York's Theatre, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 1.

Current Citation

Barrie, James M. Peter Pan. Reader's Library Classics, 2022, ch. 3.

There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves.

Ray Bradbury

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Fear

Speaker

William Stendahl

Author

Ray Bradbury

Source

The Martian Chronicles

Medium

Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bradbury, Ray. "Usher II." The Martian Chronicles. Doubleday, 1950.

Expenditure rises to meet income.

C. Northcote Parkinson

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Money

Author

C. Northcote Parkinson

Source

The Law and the Profits

Genre

Economic literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Parkinson, C. Northcote. The Law and the Profits. Houghton Mifflin, 1960, ch. 1.

Art is not a thing-it is a way.

Elbert Hubbard

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Topic

Nature of art Art

Author

Elbert Hubbard

Source

Thomas Arnold

Statement Type

Zen koan

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Hubbard, Elbert. "Thomas Arnold." Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers. The Roycrofters, 1908.

Wit is the only wall
Between us and the dark.

Mark Van Doren

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Topic

Wit Power of humor Humor

Author

Mark Van Doren

Source

Wit

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Doren, Mark Van. "Wit." Collected Poems 1922–1938. Henry Holt & Company, 1939, st. 1.

Art is born of humiliation.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Sources of art Art

Speaker

W.H. Auden

Source

World Within World

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Auden, W. H. Quoted in World Within World, by Stephen Spender. Hamish Hamilton/Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1951.

We have the heaviest concentration of lawyers on Earth-1 for every 500 Americans, three times as many as are in England, four times as many as are in West Germany, twenty-one times as many as are in West Germany, twenty-one times as many as there are in Japan. We have more litigation, but I am not sure that we have more justice. No resources of talent and training in our own society, even including the medical care, is more wastefully or unfairly distributed than legal skills. Ninety percent of our lawyer serves 10 percent of our people. We are over-lawyered and under-represented.

Jimmy Carter

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Topic

Lawyers America

Speaker

Jimmy Carter

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Carter, Jimmy. Remarks at the 100th Anniversary Luncheon of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. 100th Anniversary Luncheon of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. 4 May 1978, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

We hold that obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press.

William J. Brennan, Jr

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Topic

Obscenity Freedom of speech and expression First Amendment Politics

Author

William J. Brennan, Jr

Medium

Supreme Court opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Brennan, William J., Jr. United States, Supreme Court. Roth v. United States. United States Reports, vol. 354, 24 June 1957, pp. 476-514. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/354/476/.

By the time you say you're his,
Shivering and sighing
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying-
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.

Dorothy Parker

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Topic

Men and women Relationship challenges Relationships

Author

Dorothy Parker

Source

Unfortunate Coincidence

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Parker, Dorothy. "Unfortunate Coincidence." Enough Rope. Boni & Liveright, 1926.

Our gadget-filled paradise suspended in a hell of international insecurity.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Topic

Modern life Cold War

Author

Reinhold Niebuhr

Source

Pious and Secular America

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Niebuhr, Reinhold. Pious and Secular America. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958.

Here to-day, up and off to somewhere else to-morrow! Travel, change, interest, excitement! The whole world before you, and a horizon that's always changing!

Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows

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Topic

Travel Adventure

Speaker

Toad

Author

Kenneth Grahame

Source

The Wind in the Willows

Medium

Novel

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, 1908, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Barnes & Noble, 2013, ch. 2.

Son, in 35 years of religious studies, I’ve come up with only two hard, incontrovertible facts: There is a God, and I’m not him.

Rudy

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Topic

God and man

Speaker

Father Cavanaugh

Actor

Robert Prosky

Source

Rudy

Genre

Sports (film) Biography (film) Sports Biography

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rudy. Directed by David Anspaugh, TriStar Pictures, 1993.

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.

Learned Hand

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Topic

Threats to freedom Freedom

Speaker

Learned Hand

Source

Speeches of Learned Hand

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hand, Learned. "The Spirit of Liberty." I Am An American Day. 21 May 1944, Central Park, New York City, NY, USA.

It was great fun,
But it was just one of those things.

Cole Porter

Just One of Those Things

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Topic

One night stand Flings

Author

Cole Porter

Source

Just One of Those Things

Medium

Song

Genre

Great American songbook

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Porter, Cole. "Just One of Those Things." Jubilee. Performed by June Knight and Charles Walters. 1935, Shubert Theatre, Boston, MA, USA.

I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if He had taken a poll in the land of Israel?

Harry Truman

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Topic

Public opinion Political leadership Leadership

Author

Harry Truman

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Truman, Harry S. Memo to himself. c. 1954.

Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.

John Updike

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Topic

Dreams

Author

John Updike

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Updike, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Knopf, 1989, ch. 3.

I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the telephone directory than by the Harvard University faculty.

William F. Buckley

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Topic

Experts Democracy

Speaker

William F. Buckley

Source

Esquire

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Buckley, William F., Jr. Quoted in "William F. Buckley, Jr.: Portrait of a Complainer." Interviewed by Dan Wakefield. Esquire Magazine, Jan. 1961.