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Only the true Messiah denies his divinity!

Monty Python's Life of Brian

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Topic

The messiah

Speaker

Female follower

Actor

Carol Cleveland

Source

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Nonfalsifiable statement

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Monty Python's Life of Brian. Directed by Terry Jones, Handmade Films/Python (Monty) Pictures, 1979.

The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a Nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Nations Strength of democracy Democracy

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Source

Third Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Third Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1941, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Third Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, January 20, 1941." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.

Since the turn of the century, the number of democracies in the world has grown fourfold. Human freedom is on the march, and nowhere more so than in our own hemisphere. Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for those inalienable rights that make for human dignity and progress.

Ronald Reagan

Second Inaugural Address of Ronald Reagan

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Topic

Spread of freedom and democracy Democracy Freedom Political theory

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.

Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.

Linus

Quoted in Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz

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Topic

Sisters Siblings

Speaker

Linus

Author

Charles M. Schulz

Source

Peanuts

Medium

Comic strip

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Schulz, Charles M. Peanuts. Comic Strip. 17 June 1961.

When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so, we are all connected in the great Circle of Life.

The Lion King

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Topic

Circle of life Interconnectedness of all things

Speaker

Mufasa

Actor

James Earl Jones

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.

Photography is truth and cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

Le Petit Soldat

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Topic

Photography Movies

Speaker

Bruno Forestier

Actor

Michel Subor

Source

Le Petit Soldat

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

French

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Le petit soldat [The Little Soldier]. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, Les Productions Georges de Beauregard, 1963.

Alright, we did the horizontal mambo!

Grumpy Old Men

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Topic

Sex

Speaker

John Gustafson

Actor

Jack Lemmon

Source

Grumpy Old Men

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Grumpy Old Men. Directed by Donald Petrie. Warner Bros., 1993.

Ignorance is bliss.

The Matrix

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Topic

Ignorance is bliss Ignorance

Speaker

Cypher

Actor

Joe Pantoliano

Source

The Matrix

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? Baseball! A man...a man stands alone at a plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Looks, throws, catches, hustles. Part of one big team. Bats himself the live-long day, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on. If his team don't field...what is he? You follow me? No one.

Al Capone

The Untouchables

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Topic

Baseball Individual vs. the collective The individual Team

Speaker

Al Capone

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

The Untouchables

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Untouchables. Directed by Brian De Palma, Paramount Pictures, 1987.

Every day, once a day, give yourself a present.

Dale Cooper

Twin Peaks

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Topic

Gifts and presents Self-care

Speaker

Dale Cooper

Actor

Kyle MacLachlan

Source

Twin Peaks

Medium

TV program

Genre

Mystery (TV) Drama (TV) Mystery Drama

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Cooper's Dreams." Twin Peaks, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, season 1, episode 6, Propaganda Films and Spelling Entertainment and Lynch/Frost Productions, 1990.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963 Thanksgiving Day Speech

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Topic

The past The future Tomorrow Clean slate

Speaker

Lyndon B. Johnson

Source

1963 Thanksgiving Day Speech

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Johnson, Lyndon B. Thanksgiving message. 28 Nov. 1963, Washington, DC, USA.

Well, actually, nobody on this planet ever really chooses each other. I mean, it's all a question of quantum physics, molecular attraction, and timing. Why, there are laws we don't understand that bring us together and tear us apart. It's like pheromones. You get three ants together, they can't do dick. You get 300 million of them, they can build a cathedral.

Bull Durham

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Topic

Attraction Laws of physics

Speaker

Annie Savoy

Actor

Susan Sarandon

Source

Bull Durham

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports (film) Romantic comedy (film) Sports Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bull Durham. Directed by Ron Shelton, The Mount Company, 1988.

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay,
Watchin' the tide roll away,
Ooh, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,
Wastin' time.

Otis Redding

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

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Topic

Killing time

Speaker

Otis Redding

Source

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay The Dock of the Bay

Medium

Song

Genre

Soul

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Redding, Otis and Steve Cropper. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Performed by Otis Redding. The Dock of the Bay. Volt Records/Atco Records, 1968.

If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.

Florynce Kennedy

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Topic

Abortion Oppression of women Women's rights Men and women

Speaker

Florynce Kennedy

Source

Ms. Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kennedy, Florynce. "The Verbal Karate of Florynce R. Kennedy, Esq." Ms. Magazine, Mar. 1973.

We have stood apart, studiously neutral.

Woodrow Wilson

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Topic

World War I

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Third Annual Message." US Congress meeting. 7 Dec. 1915, United States Capitol, Washington, DC, USA.

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells.

Dr. Seuss

Quoted in The Los Angeles Times

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Topic

Nonsense and bullshit

Speaker

Dr. Seuss

Source

The Los Angeles Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Dr. Seuss. Quoted in "Author Isn't Just a Cat in the Hat." Interviewed by Miles Corwin. Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 1983.

Marxism is essentially a product of the bourgeois mind.

Joseph Schumpeter

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

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Topic

Marxism Political ideology

Author

Joseph Schumpeter

Source

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

Genre

Economic literature Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Schumpeter, Joseph Alois. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Harper & Brothers, 1942, pt. 1, ch. 1.

The divide of race has been America's constant curse. And each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices... These obsessions cripple both those who hate and of course those who are hated, robbing both of what they might become. We cannot, we will not, succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere. We shall overcome them.

Bill Clinton

Second Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton

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Topic

Race relations Prejudice and bias

Speaker

Bill Clinton

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Clinton, William J. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1997, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

It is so crowded and yet so lonely, isn't it?

Gilda

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Topic

Loneliness

Speaker

Uncle Pio

Actor

Steven Geray

Source

Gilda

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

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

We are protected by the enormity of your stupidity, for a time.

Notorious

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Speaker

Madame Sebastian

Actor

Leopoldine Konstantin

Source

Notorious

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Spy (film) Spy

Statement Type

Insult

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Notorious. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, RKO Pictures/Vanguard Films, 1946.