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I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Topic

Doing drugs Drugs

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.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Strength to Love

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Topic

Tests of character Helping others

Author

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

Strength to Love

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. Strength to Love. Harper & Row, 1963, ch. 3.

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.

Willa Cather

O Pioneers!

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Topic

Trees Nature

Speaker

Marie Tovesky

Author

Willa Cather

Source

O Pioneers!

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, pt. 2, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers, edited by Sharon O'Brien. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, pt. 2, ch. 8.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Ayn Rand

The Fountainhead

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Topic

Privacy Civilization

Author

Ayn Rand

Source

The Fountainhead

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. Bobbs Merrill, 1943, pt. 4, ch. 18.

There is nothing in the dark that wasn't there when the lights were on.

The Twilight Zone

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Topic

The dark

Speaker

Narrator (Twilight Zone)

Actor

Rod Serling

Source

The Twilight Zone

Medium

TV program

Genre

Science fiction (TV) Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Nothing in the Dark." The Twilight Zone, written by George Clayton Johnson and Rod Serling, directed by Lamont Johnson, season 3, episode 16, Cayuga Productions and CBS Television Network, 1962.

The war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage.

Emperor Hirohito

Part of Emperor Hirohito's broadcast announcing Japan's surrender after the atom bomb had destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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Topic

The atom bomb Nuclear weapons World War II

Speaker

Emperor Hirohito

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Understatement

Language

Japanese

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Emperor Hirohito. The Jewel Voice. 15 Aug. 1945, Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. Broadcast.

Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy…the fear to attack!

Dr. Strangelove

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Topic

Deterrence Military strategy Strategy

Speaker

Dr. Strangelove

Actor

Peter Sellers

Source

Dr. Strangelove

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) War (film) Black comedy War

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dr. Strangelove. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Hawk Films, 1964.

You know, it's very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it’s over, I don’t know what to do with the rest of my life.

Iñigo Montoya

The Princess Bride

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Topic

Revenge

Speaker

Iñigo Montoya

Actor

Mandy Patinkin

Source

The Princess Bride

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Fantasy (film) Comedy Fantasy

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Communications/Buttercup Films/The Princess Bride Ltd., 1987.

A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way. But intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

New ideas Discovery Intuition Innovation Creativity

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

Letters of Albert Einstein

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Letter to Dr. H. L. Gordon." Quoted in Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster, 2007. Originally from Letter to Dr. H. L. Gordon, 3 May 1949.

Because only one thing counts in this life. Get them to sign on the line which is dotted.

Glengarry Glen Ross

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Topic

What really matters Sales

Speaker

Blake

Actor

Alec Baldwin

Source

Glengarry Glen Ross

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Orders and commands Assonance

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Glengarry Glen Ross. Directed by James Foley, Zupnik Enterprises, 1992.

In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager and the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.

Casino

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Topic

Las Vegas

Speaker

Sam 'Ace' Rothstein

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

Casino

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Crime (film) Epic Crime

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Casino. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Syalis D. A./Legende Entreprises De Fina/Cappa, 1995.

You'll have bad times, but it'll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren't paying attention to.

Good Will Hunting

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Topic

Relationship challenges Relationships Yin and yang

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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

What a long, strange trip it's been.

The Grateful Dead

Truckin'

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Topic

Drugs

Speaker

The Grateful Dead

Source

Truckin' American Beauty

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hunter, Robert. "Truckin'." Performed by The Grateful Dead. American Beauty. Warner Records, 1970.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

Simone Weil

Gravity and Grace

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Topic

Moral theory Sin

Author

Simone Weil

Source

Gravity and Grace

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Weil, Simone. La Pensanteur et la Grace [Gravity and Grace], edited by Gustave Thibon. Plon, 1947.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "To Desire Without an Object." Gravity and Grace, edited by Gustave Thibon, translated by Emma Crawford and Mario van der Ruhr. Routledge, 2002.

Every day above ground is a good day.

Scarface

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Topic

Life

Speaker

Bernstein

Actor

Harris Yulin

Source

Scarface

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

Have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Topic

God and man The Church

Speaker

Shug

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

A policeman's job is only easy in a police state. That's the whole point, Captain. Who's the boss, the cop or the law?

Touch of Evil

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Topic

Rule of law Police

Speaker

Mike Vargas

Actor

Charlton Heston

Source

Touch of Evil

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Crime drama (film) Crime drama

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Touch of Evil. Directed by Orson Welles, Universal-International, 1958.

The climax of terror is reached when the police state begins to devour its own children, when yesterday's executioner becomes today's victim.

Hannah Arendt

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Topic

Totalitarianism

Author

Hannah Arendt

Source

On Violence

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Arendt, Hannah. "On Violence." Crises of the Republic. Vintage, 1972, ch. 2. Originally published as "A Special Supplement: Reflections on Violence." by The New York Review, 27 Feb. 1969.

God more regards the thoughts of the heart than the words of the mouth.

A Man for All Seasons (film)

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Topic

God looks at the heart God

Speaker

Margaret More

Actor

Susannah York

Source

A Man for All Seasons (film)

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Drama (film) Biography Drama

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

A Man for All Seasons. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Highland Films, 1966.

Onstage I make love to twenty-five thousand people, then I go home alone.

Janis Joplin

Quoted in The New Yorker

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Topic

Artist and audience

Speaker

Janis Joplin

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Joplin, Janis. Quoted in The New Yorker Magazine. 14 Aug. 1971.