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I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel.

Nine Inch Nails

Hurt

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Topic

Self-harm Emotional numbness

Speaker

Nine Inch Nails

Source

Hurt The Downward Spiral

Medium

Song

Genre

Alternative rock

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Reznor, Trent. "Hurt." Performed by Nine Inch Nails. The Downward Spiral. Nothing Records/Interscope Records, 1994.

He loved the People just as much as he feared and detested Persons.

Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

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Topic

Individual vs. the collective Misanthropy

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

It Can't Happen Here

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. It Can't Happen Here. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1935, ch. 35.

If you wanted to join the P.F.J., you'd have to really hate the Romans.

Monty Python's Life of Brian

On the People's Front of Judea, a fictional group of Jewish revolutionaries during the time of Jesus.

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Topic

Anti-imperialism Revolutionary politics Politics

Speaker

Reg

Actor

John Cleese

Source

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

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.

A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Topic

Christmas

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

Stephen Chbosky

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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Topic

Connecting with others Friendship

Speaker

Charlie (Perks of Being a Wallflower)

Author

Stephen Chbosky

Source

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Pocket Books, 1999.

I'm saying this to you with love, compassion, and the spirit of true sisterhood, you are full of shit!

The First Wives Club

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Speaker

Brenda Morelli Cushman

Actor

Bette Midler

Source

The First Wives Club

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Calling someone out

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The First Wives Club. Directed by Hugh Wilson, Paramount Pictures, 1996.

There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.

Camille Paglia

Sexual Personae

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Topic

Differences between men and women Men and women

Author

Camille Paglia

Source

Sexual Personae

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Paglia, Camille. Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson. Yale University Press, 1990, ch. 8.

It all became very clear to me sitting out there today that every decision I've made in my entire life has been wrong. My life is the complete opposite of everything I want it to be. Every instinct I have, in every aspect of life, be it something to wear, something to eat-it's all been wrong.

Seinfeld

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Topic

Failure

Speaker

George Costanza

Actor

Jason Alexander

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Hot Tub." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Gregg Kavet, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 7, episode 5, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1995.

Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts. This is no ordinary lamp! It once changed the course of a young man's life; a young man who, like this lamp, was more than what he seemed: a diamond in the rough.

Aladdin

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Topic

Appearance vs. reality

Speaker

The Peddler

Actor

Robin Williams

Source

Aladdin

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Aladdin. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Feature Animation, 1992.

Life, uh, finds a way.

Jurassic Park

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Topic

Nature of life Life

Speaker

Malcolm

Actor

Jeff Goldblum

Source

Jurassic Park

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jurassic Park. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment, 1993.

The history of things that didn’t happen has never been written.

Henry Kissinger

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Topic

Counterfactual history The road not taken The past History

Speaker

Henry Kissinger

Source

Kissinger 1923-1968

Medium

Interview

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kissinger, Henry. Letter to Oriana Fallaci. 4 Nov. 1972.

Routine is a condition of survival.

Flannery O'Connor

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Topic

Routine Habits

Author

Flannery O'Connor

Source

Letters of Flannery O'Connor

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

O'Connor, Flannery. The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor, edited by Sally Fitzgerald. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988, pt. 3. Originally a letter to A, 10 Feb. 1962.

I can’t make you love me if you don’t.
You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t.

Bonnie Raitt

I Can't Make You Love Me

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Topic

Unrequited love Love

Speaker

Bonnie Raitt

Source

I Can't Make You Love Me

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Reid, Mike and Allen Shamblin. "I Can't Make You Love Me." Performed by Bonnie Raitt. Luck of the Draw. Capitol Records, 1991.

None of you ask for anything-except everything, but just for so long as you need it.

Doris Lessing

The Golden Notebook

On men.

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Topic

Men and women

Speaker

Anna Wulf

Author

Doris Lessing

Source

The Golden Notebook

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook. Michael Joseph, 1962.

The most valuable commodity I know of is information.

Gordon Gekko

Wall Street

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Topic

Information

Speaker

Gordon Gekko

Actor

Michael Douglas

Source

Wall Street

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wall Street. Directed by Oliver Stone, American Entertainment Partners/American Films, 1987.

We fear change.

Garth Algar

Wayne's World

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Topic

Resistance to change Change

Speaker

Garth Algar

Actor

Dana Carvey

Source

Wayne's World

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wayne's World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Pictures, 1992.

People call these things imperfections, but they're not. That's the good stuff and then we get to choose who we let into our weird little worlds.

Good Will Hunting

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Topic

Relationships

Speaker

Sean

Actor

Robin Williams

Source

Good Will Hunting

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological drama (film) Drama (film) Psychological drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Good Will Hunting. Directed by Gus Van Sant, Be Gentlemen, 1997.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.

Airplane!

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Topic

Stress Smoking

Speaker

Steve McCroskey

Actor

Lloyd Bridges

Source

Airplane!

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Airplane! Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker. Paramount Pictures/Howard W. Koch Productions, 1980.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

John F. Kennedy

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Topic

Reform vs. revolution Reform Revolution Political progress Politics

Speaker

John F. Kennedy

Source

Speeches of John F. Kennedy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Kennedy, John F. Address on the First Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. 13 Mar. 1977, State Dining Room, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.

Ronald Reagan

Joke made during a microphone check prior to a scheduled radio address.

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Topic

Cold War

Author

Ronald Reagan

Statement Type

Political joke Joke

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Reagan, Ronald. Joke during microphone check prior to weekly radio address. 11 Aug. 1984, Rancho del Cielo, California, USA.