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Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient-dealing with it by making statements about it, authorizing views of it, describing it, by teaching it, settling it, ruling over it: in short, Orientalism as a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient.

Edward Said

Orientalism

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Topic

The Middle East

Author

Edward Said

Source

Orientalism

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Said, Edward. Orientalism. Pantheon Books, 1978, introduction.

I know it when I see it.

Potter Stewart

Jacobellis v. Ohio

On the nature of "obscenity".

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Topic

Obscenity First Amendment Bill of Rights Constitutional law

Author

Potter Stewart

Source

Jacobellis v. Ohio

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Stewart, Potter. United States, Supreme Court. Jacobellis v. Ohio. United States Reports, vol. 378, 22 June 1964, pp. 184-204. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/378/184/.

There's something about this that's so black, it's like how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.

This is Spinal Tap

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Topic

Black Color

Speaker

Nigel Tufnel

Actor

Christopher Guest

Source

This is Spinal Tap

Medium

Film

Genre

Mockumentary Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

This is Spinal Tap. Directed by Rob Reiner, Spinal Tap Prod., 1984.

The evil that men should turn their brothers into beasts of burden, to slave and suffer in dumb anguish, to be stripped of spirit, and hope, and faith—only because they are of another race, another creed. If there is a god, he did not mean this to be so.

Moses

The Ten Commandments

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Topic

Slavery

Speaker

Moses

Actor

Charlton Heston

Source

The Ten Commandments

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Drama (film) Epic Drama

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Ten Commandments. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Cecil B. DeMille Productions, 1956.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Vacation Time off Too much of a good thing

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Children's Happiness A Treatise on Parents and Children

Medium

Treatise

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "Children's Happiness." A Treatise on Parents and Children. Binker North, 1910.

Who knows when some slight shock, disturbing the delicate balance between social order and thirsty aspiration, shall send the skyscrapers in our cities toppling?

Richard Wright

Native Son

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Topic

Riots Civil disorder

Speaker

Max

Author

Richard Wright

Source

Native Son

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wright, Richard. Native Son. Harper & Brothers, 1940, bk. 3.

Though it be a thrilling and marvelous thing to be merely young and gifted in such times, it is doubly so, doubly dynamic-to be young, gifted and black.

Lorraine Hansberry

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Topic

Black experience

Author

Lorraine Hansberry

Source

The Nation Needs Your Gifts

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hansberry, Lorraine. "The Nation Needs Your Gifts." Reader's Digest/United Negro College Fund creative writing contest winners meeting. 1 May 1964, New York City, NY, USA.

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.

Bertrand Russell

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Topic

Delusion

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

Dreams and Facts Sceptical Essays

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Russell, Bertrand. "Dreams and Facts." Sceptical Essays. George Allen and Unwin Ltd./W. W. Norton & Company, 1928.

Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

Bertolt Brecht

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Topic

Fear of death Death Living life to the fullest Life

Speaker

Pelagea Vlasova, the Mother

Author

Bertolt Brecht

Source

The Mother

Medium

Play

Statement Type

Advice

Language

German

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. Die Mutter. Leben der Revolutionärin Pelagea Wlassowa aus Twer [The mother. Life of the Revolutionary Pelagea Vlassova from Tver]. 17 Jan. 1932, Komödienhaus am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, Germany.

Current Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. The Mother. Grove Press, 1994.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Georges Braque

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Topic

Truth and lies Truth Lies

Author

Georges Braque

Source

Journals of Georges Braque

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Braque, Georges. Le Jour et la nuit: Cahiers 1917-52. Gallimard, 1952.

Current Citation

Braque, Georges. Illustrated Notebooks: 1917-1955, translated by Stanley Appelbaum. Dover Publications, 1971.

Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder.

The Book of Common Prayer

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Topic

Marriage

Source

Solemnization of Matrimony The Book of Common Prayer

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Book of Common Prayer (American). Episcopal Church, 1928.

The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism, is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Patriotism

Author

Mark Twain

Source

The Czar's Soliloquy The North American Review

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Twain, Mark. "The Czar's Soliloquy." The North American Review, Mar. 1905.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "The Czar's Soliloquy." Collected Nonfiction of Mark Twain. Vol. 1. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2016.

Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

The past History The human condition

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

D.H. Lawrence

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Auden, W. H. "D. H. Lawrence." The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays. Random House, 1962.

I'm hysterical! I'm having hysterics. I'm hysterical. I can't stop when I get like this. I can't stop. I'm hysterical.

The Producers

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Topic

Freaking out

Speaker

Leo Bloom

Actor

Gene Wilder

Source

The Producers

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) Comedy (film) Black comedy Comedy

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Producers. Directed by Mel Brooks, Crossbow Productions, AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1967.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

George Santayana

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Topic

Life and death The human condition

Author

George Santayana

Source

War Shrines Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Santayana, George. "War Shrines." Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies. Charles Scribner's Sons/Constable and Co., 1922.

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

Clement Greenberg

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Topic

Nature of art Art

Author

Clement Greenberg

Source

The Nation

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Greenberg, Clement. The Nation. 7 Apr. 1945.

I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.

D.H. Lawrence

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Topic

Man and animals Self-pity

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Self-Pity Pansies

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lawrence, D.H. "Self-Pity." Pansies. Martin Secker, 1929, I. 1-2.

Guns for show, knives for a pro.

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

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Topic

Guns Knives Weapons

Speaker

Soap

Actor

Dexter Fletcher

Source

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime comedy (film) Crime comedy

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Directed by Guy Ritchie, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment/HandMade Films/SKA Films/The Steve Tisch Company/Summit Entertainment, 1998.

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

Kwame Nkrumah

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Topic

Self-determination Anti-colonialism

Author

Kwame Nkrumah

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Nkrumah, Kwame. Axioms of Kwame Nkrumah. Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1967.

Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you.

El Guapo

Three Amigos!

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Topic

Nature of women Pursuing women Men and women Women

Speaker

El Guapo

Actor

Alfonso Arau

Source

Three Amigos!

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Western (film) Comedy Western

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Three Amigos. Directed by John Landis, Orion Pictures, 1986.