20th century

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An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Topic

Punctuation Writing

Speaker

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Language

English

Time

20th century

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Quoted in Beloved Infidel: The Education of a Woman, written by Sheilah Graham and Gerold Frank. Henry Holt, 1958, ch. 18.

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

Malcolm X

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Topic

Peace Freedom

Speaker

Malcolm X

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Malcolm X. "Prospects for Freedom in 1965." Militant Labor Forum. 7 Jan. 1965, Palm Gardens, New York City, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Malcolm X. "Prospects for Freedom in 1965." Malcolm X Speaks, edited by George Breitman. Grove Press, 1994.

It is the most violent people who go for love and peace.

John Lennon

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Topic

Peace movement Human nature

Speaker

John Lennon

Source

Playboy Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Lennon, John. "Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono." Interviewed by David Sheff. Playboy, Jan. 1981.

No man has a wholly undiseased mind; that in one way or another all men are mad.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Dark side of human nature Human nature Insanity

Author

Mark Twain

Source

The Memorable Assassination What is Man? And Other Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Twain, Mark. "The Memorable Assassination." What is Man? And Other Essays. Harper & Brothers, 1917.

The first draft of anything is shit.

Ernest Hemingway

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Topic

Incremental improvement Writing

Speaker

Ernest Hemingway

Source

With Hemingway: A Year in Key West and Cuba

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Hemmingway, Ernest. Quoted in With Hemmingway: A Year in Key West and Cuba, by Arnold Samuelson. Random House, 1984.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

John F. Kennedy

JFK was assassinated while he was on the way to give the speech containing these words.

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Topic

Leadership Learning

Author

John F. Kennedy

Source

Remarks Prepared for Deliver at the Trade Mart in Dallas on November 22, 1963

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Remarks Prepared for Deliver at the Trade Mart in Dallas on November 22, 1963." Speech undelivered due to assassination.

Archaeology is the search for fact...not truth. If it's truth you're interested in, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall. So forget any ideas you've got about lost cities, exotic travel, and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and "X" never, ever marks the spot.

Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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Archaeology

Speaker

Indiana Jones

Actor

Harrison Ford

Source

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Adventure (film) Action Adventure

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Lucasfilm Ltd., 1989.

Now, you’ll hurt me if you don’t trust me, all right?

Dirty Dancing

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Topic

Trust

Speaker

Johnny Castle

Actor

Patrick Swayze

Source

Dirty Dancing

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dirty Dancing. Directed by Emile Ardolino, Great American Films Limited Partnership, 1987.

I don't think you can really put a monetary value on a painting.

Jacob Lawrence

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Topic

Art and money Art

Speaker

Jacob Lawrence

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Lawrence, Jacob. Interviewed by Carroll Greene. 26 Oct. 1968, New York City, NY, USA.

Justice and judgment lie often a world apart.

Emmeline Pankhurst

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Topic

Law vs. justice

Author

Emmeline Pankhurst

Source

My Own Story

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pankhurst, Emmeline. My Own Story. Hearsts's International Library, 1914.

Current Citation

Pankhurst, Emmeline. My Own Story. Vintage Classics, 2018.

The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you what you want.

Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Topic

Persuasion

Author

Dale Carnegie

Source

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Carnegie, Dale. How to Win Friends and Influence People. Simon & Schuster, 1936.

Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.

The Godfather

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Topic

Death

Speaker

Peter Clemenza

Actor

Richard Castellano

Source

The Godfather

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Statement Type

Euphemism

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Godfather. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures/Alfran Productions, 1972.

Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy, and creates dissension.

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Topic

Revolution Liberalism Political intolerance Authoritarianism

Author

Mao Zedong

Source

Combat Liberalism

Genre

Political literature

Language

Chinese

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Zedong, Mao. Combat Liberalism. 1937.

Why don't you do the world a favor? Pull your lip over your head and swallow.

Grumpy Old Men

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Max Goldman

Actor

Walter Matthau

Source

Grumpy Old Men

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Statement Type

Insult

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

I write about little things because the big ones are like abysses.

Anaïs Nin

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Topic

The little things The ordinary and mundane Big vs. small

Author

Anaïs Nin

Source

Journals of Anaïs Nin

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nin, Anaïs. "November, 1934." The Diary of Anaïs Nin, vol. 1, 1931-1934, edited by Gunther Stuhlmann. Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch, 1966.

You know how old people drive? They drive slow, they sit low. That is their motto. The state flag of Florida should be just a steering wheel with a hat and two knuckles on it.

Jerry Seinfeld

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Topic

Old people Old age Driving Florida States

Speaker

Jerry Seinfeld

Source

I'm Telling You For the Last Time

Medium

Standup comedy

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Seinfeld, Jerry. I'm Telling You for the Last Time. HBO, 9 Aug 1998.

I learned precision of language from Japanese poetry.

Octavio Paz

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Topic

Language Japanese poetry Poetry

Author

Octavio Paz

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Obituary Newspaper

Language

Spanish

Time

20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Paz, Octavio. "Octavio Paz, Mexico's Literary Giant, Dead at 84." Written by Jonathan Kandell. The New York Times, 21 Apr. 1998, https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/21/books/octavio-paz-mexico-s-man-of-letters-dies-at-84.html

Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer's work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader's recognition in himself of what the book says is the proof of the book's truth.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Topic

Reading Self-discovery Books Power of literature

Author

Marcel Proust

Source

Time Regained In Search of Lost Time

Medium

Novel

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

French

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Albertine disparue [Albertine Gone]. Paris: Gallimard, 1927.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. The Fugitive, edited and translated by Peter Collier. Penguin Classics, 2021.

An army that carries the ark before it, is invincible.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Topic

The ark of the covenant Talismans

Speaker

Marcus Brody

Actor

Denholm Elliott

Source

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Adventure (film) Action Adventure

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Raiders of the Lost Ark. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Lucasfilm Ltd., 1981.

I was cured, all right!

A Clockwork Orange

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Topic

Rehabilitation

Speaker

Alex

Actor

Malcolm McDowell

Source

A Clockwork Orange

Medium

Film

Genre

Dystopian (film) Crime (film) Dystopian Crime

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

A Clockwork Orange. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Polaris Productions/Hawk Films, 1971.