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I'm surrounded by idiots.

The Lion King

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Topic

Stupid people

Speaker

Scar

Actor

Jeremy Irons

Source

The Lion King

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Lion King. Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Feature Animation, 1994.

Because you are a character doesn't mean you have character.

Pulp Fiction

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Topic

Character

Speaker

The Wolf

Actor

Harvey Keitel

Source

Pulp Fiction

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pulp Fiction. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart/Jersey Films, 1994.

Freedom and incentives unleash the drive and entrepreneurial genius that are the core of human progress.

Ronald Reagan

Second Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan

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Topic

Incentives Political theory Theory of progress Progress Capitalism

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 1985, United States Capitol rotunda, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Elaine, breaking up is like knocking over a Coke machine. You can’t do it in one push. You gotta rock it back and forth a few times, and then it goes over.

Jerry Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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Topic

Breaking up Relationship challenges Relationships

Speaker

Jerry Seinfeld

Actor

Jerry Seinfeld

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Voice." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Alec Berg, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 9, episode 2, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1997.

Mankind must put an end to war--or war will put an end to mankind.

John F. Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Kennedy, John F. Address to the United Nations. United Nations General Assembly meeting. 25 Sept. 1961, New York City, NY, USA.

Doesn't it bother you at all that you're married?

Gilda

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Topic

Affairs Infidelity

Speaker

Johnny Farrell

Actor

Glenn Ford

Source

Gilda

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gilda. Directed by Charles Vidor, Columbia Pictures, 1946.

Lies, detrust, mixed messages...this is turning into a real marriage.

Face/Off

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Topic

Lying Marriage

Speaker

Sean Archer

Actor

John Travolta

Source

Face/Off

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Thriller (film) Action Thriller

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Face/Off. Directed by John Woo, Touchstone Pictures/Permut Presentations, 1997.

There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.

Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road

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Topic

Creative impulse Stories Writing

Author

Zora Neale Hurston

Source

Dust Tracks on a Road

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Hurston, Zora Neale. Dust Tracks on a Road. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1942, ch. 11.

I'm sorry, I'm just a little pregnant right now.

Jerry Maguire

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Topic

Pregnancy

Speaker

Marcee Tidwell

Actor

Regina King

Source

Jerry Maguire

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Jerry Maguire. Directed by Cameron Crowe, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films/Vinyl Films, 1996.

Well all I hear all day long at school is how great Marcia is at this or how wonderful Marcia did that, Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!

Jan Brady

The Brady Bunch

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Topic

Siblings

Speaker

Jan Brady

Actor

Eve Plumb

Source

The Brady Bunch

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Her Sister's Shadow." The Brady Bunch, written by Sherwood Schwartz and Al Schwartz and Phil Leslie, directed by Russ Mayberry, season 3, episode 10, Redwood Productions and Paramount Television, 1971.

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.

John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy

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Defending freedom Threats to freedom Freedom

Speaker

John F. Kennedy

Source

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

It’s the best part. It’s crunchy, it’s explosive, it’s where the muffin breaks free of the pan and sort of does its own thing. I’ll tell you. That’s a million-dollar idea right there. Just sell the tops.

Elaine Benes

Seinfeld

On muffin tops.

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Topic

Food

Speaker

Elaine Benes

Actor

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Muffin Tops." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Spike Feresten, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 8, episode 21, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1997.

Civil disobedience... Becomes a sacred duty when the State has become lawless, or... Corrupt.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Topic

Civil disobedience Rebellion

Author

Mahatma Gandhi

Source

Young India

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. "The Immediate Issue." Young India, 5 Jan. 1922.

I know it's crazy, but I just feel like I got a knack for this shit.

Thelma

Thelma & Louise

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Topic

Life of crime Crime

Speaker

Thelma

Actor

Geena Davis

Source

Thelma & Louise

Medium

Film

Genre

Road movie Buddy movie Comedry drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Thelma & Louise. Directed by Ridley Scott, Pathé Entertainment/Percy Main Productions/Star Partners III Ltd., 1991.

Let me tell you why you’re here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life. That there’s something wrong with the world. You don’t know what it is but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me.

Morpheus

The Matrix

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Topic

Feeling unsettled

Speaker

Morpheus

Actor

Laurence Fishburne

Source

The Matrix

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Matrix. Directed by The Wachowskis. Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures, 1999.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Henry Ford

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Business Corporate social responsibility Capitalism

Author

Henry Ford

Source

Dearborn Independent

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ford, Henry. "Ford's Weekly Will Make Its Bow Sunday." New York Tribune, 10 Jan. 1919, p. 6.

If I wanted a kiss, I would have called your mother!

Tommy Boy

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Speaker

Tommy

Actor

Chris Farley

Source

Tommy Boy

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Insult

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tommy Boy. Directed by Peter Segal, Paramount Pictures, 1995.

Wow. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?

Back to the Future

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Topic

Oedipal issues Mothers and sons

Speaker

Marty McFly

Actor

Michael J. Fox

Source

Back to the Future

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Science fiction

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Back to the Future. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Amblin Entertainment, 1985.

By comparison with that existing today, all the tyrannies of the past were half-hearted and inefficient. The ruling groups were always infected to some extent by liberal ideas, and were content to leave loose ends everywhere, to regard only the overt act and to be uninterested in what their subjects were thinking.

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Topic

Tyranny Totalitarianism

Author

George Orwell

Source

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 2, ch. 9.

I don't want to live in a city where the only cultural advantage is you can make a right turn on a red light.

Annie Hall

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Topic

Los Angeles

Speaker

Alvy Singer

Actor

Woody Allen

Source

Annie Hall

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Annie Hall. Directed by Woody Allen, A Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production, 1977.