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If God was a bitch, there wouldn't be no nuclear bombs, no wars, no shit like that, cause that ain't in a bitch's nature.

Boyz n the Hood

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Topic

Nature of God Women God

Speaker

Doughboy

Actor

Ice Cube

Source

Boyz n the Hood

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Drama (film) Coming of age Drama

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Boyz n the Hood. Directed by John Singleton, Columbia Pictures, 1991.

To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.

Emily Post

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Topic

Conformity Custom and convention

Author

Emily Post

Source

Etiquette

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Post, Emily. Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home. Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1922.

Playing with my money is like playing with my emotions.

Friday

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Topic

Money

Speaker

Big Worm

Actor

Faizon Love

Source

Friday

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Friday. Directed by F. Gary Gray, New Line Productions/Ghetto Bird Productions, 1995.

Rollin' down the street, smokin' indo'
Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind).

Snoop Dogg

Gin and Juice

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Topic

Taking it easy

Speaker

Snoop Dogg

Source

Gin and Juice Doggystyle

Medium

Song Album

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Snoop Dogg. "Gin and Juice." Doggystyle. Death Row Records/Interscope Records, 1993.

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

Joan Didion

The White Album

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Topic

Stories

Author

Joan Didion

Source

The White Album The White Album

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Didion, Joan. "The White Album." The White Album. Simon & Schuster, 1979.

Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.

Easy Rider

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Topic

The man Freedom

Speaker

George Hanson

Actor

Jack Nicholson

Source

Easy Rider

Medium

Film

Genre

Road movie Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being Queen of this country.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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Topic

England British monarchy

Speaker

Diana, Princess of Wales

Source

Panorama

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Princess Diana. "An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales." Panorama. Interviewed by Martin Bashir. BBC1 TV, 20 Nov. 1995.

I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

A Fistful of Dollars

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Speaker

Joe

Actor

Clint Eastwood

Source

A Fistful of Dollars

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Statement Type

Threat

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

A Fistful of Dollars [Per un pugno di dollari]. Directed by Sergio Leone. Jolly Film/Constantin Film/Ocean Films, 1964.

No man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive he always wants to have sex with her.

When Harry Met Sally…

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Topic

Friendship between men and women Men and women Gender relations Friendship

Speaker

Harry Burns

Actor

Billy Crystal

Source

When Harry Met Sally…

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

When Harry Met Sally... Directed by Rob Reiner, Nelson Entertainment/Castle Rock Entertainment, 1989.

Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell.

Platoon

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Topic

Vietnam War Nature of hell Hell

Speaker

Chris

Actor

Charlie Sheen

Source

Platoon

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Platoon. Directed by Oliver Stone, Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986.

Poor man. Poor mankind.

William Faulkner

Light in August

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Topic

The human condition

Speaker

Reverend Gail Hightower

Author

William Faulkner

Source

Light in August

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Lament

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Faulkner, William. Light in August. Smith & Haas, 1932, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Faulkner, William. Light in August, edited by Melanie Taylor. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022, ch. 4.

I am in a world of shit, yes, but I am alive and I'm not afraid.

Private Joker

Full Metal Jacket

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Topic

Fearlessness War

Speaker

Private Joker

Actor

Matthew Modine

Source

Full Metal Jacket

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Full Metal Jacket. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Natant/Harrier Films, 1987.

Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things don't seem the same.

Jimi Hendrix

Purple Haze

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Topic

Being high Drugs

Speaker

Jimi Hendrix

Source

Purple Haze Are You Experienced?

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Hendrix, Jimi. Purple Haze. Performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Track Records/Reprise Records, 1967.

Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Creation of man Human origins Creation

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 33. Originally from Notebook, c. 1904.

I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say, "You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word."

Al Capone

The Untouchables

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Topic

Carrots and sticks Guns

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.

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Topic

Limits of language Language

Author

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Source

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. "Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung [Logical-Philosophical Treatise]." Annalen der Naturphilosophie [Annales of Natural Philosophy], 1921.

Current Citation

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, translated by Michael Beaney. Oxford University Press, 2023.

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Topic

Facing one's fears Taking action Courage

Author

Eleanor Roosevelt

Source

You Learn by Living

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roosevelt, Eleanor. You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life. Harper, 1960.

I feel pretty,
Oh, so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and gay,
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me today.

West Side Story

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Topic

Good mood Felt cute

Speaker

Maria (West Side Story)

Actor

Natalie Wood

Source

West Side Story

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Musical (film) Drama Musical

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

West Side Story. Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise, Seven Arts Productions/The Mirisch Company, 1961.

Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Topic

Truth Thinking for oneself

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.

That’s as good as money, sir. Those are I. O. U. S.

Lloyd Christmas

Dumb and Dumber

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Topic

Debt

Speaker

Lloyd Christmas

Actor

Jim Carrey

Source

Dumb and Dumber

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dumb and Dumber. Directed by Peter Farrelly, Katja Motion Picture Corporation/Krevoy/Stabler/Wessler Production, 1994.