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Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

Martha Graham

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Topic

Dancing Self-expression

Author

Martha Graham

Source

Blood Memory

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Graham, Martha. Blood Memory: An Autobiography. Doubleday, 1991.

Ideal conversation is an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.

Emily Post

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Topic

Good conversation Conversation Communication

Author

Emily Post

Source

Etiquette

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Citation

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

The horse was watching, out there past men's knowing, where stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea.

Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

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Cormac McCarthy

Source

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

Medium

Novel

Genre

Western literature

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West. Random House, 1985, ch. 21.

For most of my life I refused to work at any problem unless its solution seemed to be capable of being put to commercial use.

Thomas Edison

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Topic

Innovation Profit motive Capitalism

Speaker

Thomas Edison

Source

New York Sun

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Edison, Thomas Alva. Interview. New York Sun, Feb. 1917.

He knew that the moment he allowed what his life meant to enter fully into his consciousness, he would either kill himself or someone else. So he denied himself and acted tough.

Richard Wright

Native Son

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Topic

Lying to oneself Pain

Author

Richard Wright

Source

Native Son

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Wright, Richard. Native Son. Harper & Brothers, 1940, bk. 1.

Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.

Cormac McCarthy

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

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Topic

Man and the universe

Author

Cormac McCarthy

Source

Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West

Medium

Novel

Genre

Western literature

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West. Random House, 1985, ch. 14.

It is a source of gratification and of encouragement to me to observe that the great result of this experiment upon the theory of human rights has at the close of that generation by which it was formed been crowned with success equal to the most sanguine expectations of its founders.

John Quincy Adams

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams

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Topic

American experiment American democracy

Speaker

John Quincy Adams

Source

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Adams, John Quincy. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1825, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

God has placed upon our head a diadem and has laid at our feet power and wealth beyond definition or calculation. But we must not forget that we take these gifts upon the condition that justice and mercy shall hold the reins of power and that the upward avenues of hope shall be free to all the people.

Benjamin Harrison

Inaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison

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God and America American prosperity Social mobility Equality of opportunity

Speaker

Benjamin Harrison

Source

Inaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Harrison, Benjamin. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1889, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We are approaching the limits of what government alone can do. Our greatest need now is to reach beyond government, and to enlist the legions of the concerned and the committed. What has to be done, has to be done by government and people together or it will not be done at all.

Richard Nixon

First Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon

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Political theory American politics

Speaker

Richard Nixon

Source

First Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Nixon, Richard. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1969, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Third parties are like bees. Once they have stung, they die.

Richard Hofstadter

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Topic

Political theory American politics

Author

Richard Hofstadter

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Hofstadter, Richard. The Age of Reform: from Bryan to FDR. Alfred A. Knopf, 1955, pt. 3.

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.

Harry Truman

Quoted in Observer

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Topic

Misfortunes of others

Speaker

Harry Truman

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Truman, Harry S. Quoted in The Observer. 13 Apr. 1958.

Painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.

Robert Rauschenberg

Quoted in The New Yorker

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Topic

Self-acceptance Art as therapy Painting Art

Speaker

Robert Rauschenberg

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rauschenberg, Robert. "Everything in Sight: Robert Rauschenberg's New Life." Interviewed by Calvin Tompkins. The New Yorker, 23 May 2005, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/05/23/everything-in-sight.

The release of atomic energy constitutes a new force too revolutionary to consider in the framework of old ideas.

Harry Truman

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Topic

Nuclear weapons

Author

Harry Truman

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Truman, Harry S. Message to Congress on atomic energy. 3 Oct. 1945, Washington, DC, USA.

We have no disposition and we disclaim all right to meddle in disputes, whether internal or foreign, that may molest other countries, regarding them in their actual state as social communities, and preserving a strict neutrality in all their controversies.

Martin Van Buren

Inaugural Address of Martin van Buren

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Non-intervention Isolationism American foreign policy

Speaker

Martin Van Buren

Source

Inaugural Address of Martin van Buren Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Van Buren, Martin. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1837, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold.

Louis Brandeis

Jay Burns Baking Co. vs. Bryan

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Topic

Reason

Author

Louis Brandeis

Source

Jay Burns Baking Co. vs. Bryan

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Dissenting opinion Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1924 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Brandeis, Louis. Dissenting Opinion. Jay Burns Baking Co. v. Bryan. United States Reports, vol. 264, 14 Apr. 1924, pp. 517-534. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/264/504/.

I believe that involuntary servitude, as it exists in different States of this Confederacy, is recognized by the Constitution. I believe that it stands like any other admitted right, and that the States where it exists are entitled to efficient remedies to enforce the constitutional provisions.

Franklin Pierce

Inaugural Address of Franklin Pierce

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Pre-Civil War conflict Slavery American politics

Speaker

Franklin Pierce

Source

Inaugural Address of Franklin Pierce Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1853 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Pierce, Franklin. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1853, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The fundamentals of our economy are strong.

John McCain

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Topic

2008 Financial Crisis

Speaker

John McCain

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

McCain, John. Spoken during campaign trail in Jacksonville, FL. 15 Sept. 2008, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Ray Bradbury

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Topic

Culture Reading Books

Author

Ray Bradbury

Source

Seattle Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Bradbury, Ray. "Bradbury Still Believes In Heat of 'Fahrenheit 451.'" Interviewed by Misha Berson. The New York Times, 12 Mar. 1993.

The men with the muckrakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck, and to look upward to the celestial crown above them...if they gradually grow to feel that the whole world is nothing but muck their power of usefulness is gone.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

Journalism

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "The Man with the Muckrake." Laying of the cornerstone of the House Office Building. 14 Apr. 1906, House Office Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. "The Man with the Muckrake." The Muckrakers, edited by Arthur Weinberg and Lila Weinberg. University of Illinois Press, 2001.

Whether they will or no, Americans must now begin to look outward.

Alfred Thayer Mahan

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Topic

America and the world Internationalism

Author

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Source

The Atlantic

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Mahan, Alfred Thayer. "The United States Looking Outward." Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1890.