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As far as "detours" are concerned, they're always more interesting than the main road.

Mary Kelly

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Journey vs. destination The road less travelled Detours Exploration Wandering

Speaker

Mary Kelly

Source

Mary Kelly

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Kelly, Mary. Mary Kelly. Phaidon Press, 1997. Originally stated in an interview with Douglas Crimp. c. 1990.

We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south, and north somewhat.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Topic

Weapons of mass destruction Iraq War American politics

Speaker

Donald Rumsfeld

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rumsfeld, Donald. This Week with George Stephanopoulous. 30 Mar. 2003. ABC.

It's not always easy for a father to understand the interests and ways of his son. It seems the songs of our children may be in keys we've never tried. The melody of each generation emerges from all that's gone before. Each one of us contributes in some unique way to the composition of life.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Fathers and sons Fatherhood Parents and children

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 83.

If we would prevent the growth of class distinctions and would constantly refresh our leadership with the ideals of our people, we must draw constantly from the general mass. The full opportunity for every boy and girl to rise through the selective processes of education can alone secure to us this leadership.

Herbert Hoover

Inaugural Address of Herbert Hoover

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Topic

Equality of opportunity Meritocracy Class conflict Social class

Speaker

Herbert Hoover

Source

Inaugural Address of Herbert Hoover Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Hoover, Herbert. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1929, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

I suggested that we use the panther as our symbol and call our political vehicle the Black Panther Party. The panther is a fierce animal, but he will not attack until he is backed into a corner; then he will strike out.

Huey P. Newton

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Black Power

Author

Huey P. Newton

Source

Revolutionary Suicide

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Newton, Huey. Revolutionary Suicide. Random House, 1973, ch. 16.

The day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured.

Woodrow Wilson

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World War I American ideals

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. Address to Congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. NYU Press, 2006.

But I do know that about ten times as many people find their lives dull, and unnecessarily dull, as ever admit it; and I do believe that if we busted out and admitted it sometimes, instead of being nice and patient and loyal for sixty years, and then nice and patient and dead for the rest of eternity, why, maybe, possibly, we might make life more fun.

Sinclair Lewis

Babbitt

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Topic

Ennui Middle class conformity

Speaker

Paul Riesling

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

Babbitt

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt. Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1922, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt, edited by Gordon Hutner. Oxford University Press, 2010, ch. 5.

But there is another element, more important than all, without which there can not be the slightest hope of a permanent peace. That element lies in the heart of humanity. Unless the desire for peace be cherished there, unless this fundamental and only natural source of brotherly love be cultivated to its highest degree, all artificial efforts will be in vain. Peace will come when there is realization that only under a reign of law, based on righteousness and supported by the religious conviction of the brotherhood of man, can there be any hope of a complete and satisfying life.

Calvin Coolidge

Second Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge

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Topic

Peace Rule of law Political theory

Speaker

Calvin Coolidge

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Coolidge, Calvin. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1925, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.

H.L. Mencken

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Solving problems

Author

H.L. Mencken

Source

The Divine Afflatus New York Evening Mail

Medium

Essay Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Mencken, Henry Louis. "The Divine Afflatus." H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: The First, Second, and Third Series, edited by Marion Rodgers. Library of America, 2010. Originally published by New York Evening Mail, 16 Nov. 1917.

Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun.

Robert MacArthur Crawford

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Topic

Flying

Author

Robert MacArthur Crawford

Source

The Air Force Song

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Crawford, Robert. The U.S. Air Force. 1947.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Friendship

Author

Henry Adams

Source

The Education of Henry Adams

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 20.

Current Citation

Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 20.

Strange, isn't it? To have dedicated one's life to a certain venture, neglecting other aspects of one's life, only to have that venture, in the end, amount to nothing at all, the products of one's labors ultimately forgotten?

George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo

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Topic

Wasted life

Author

George Saunders

Source

Lincoln in the Bardo

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Saunders, George. Lincoln in the Bardo. Random House, 2017.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.

Robert Frost

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Topic

God and man Forgiveness

Author

Robert Frost

Source

Cluster of Faith In the Clearing

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Frost, Robert. "Cluster of Faith." In the Clearing. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962, poem 5.

The "one" that I am is composed of narratives that overlap, run parallel to, and often contradict each other.

Glenn Ligon

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Personal identity Contradiction

Author

Glenn Ligon

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Ligon, Glenn. Yourself in the World: Selected Writings and Interviews, edited by Scott Rothkopf. Yale University Press, 2011.

Most troubles are unnecessary. We have Nature beaten; we can make her grow wheat; we can keep warm when she sends blizzards. So we raise the devil just for pleasure-wars, politics, race-hatreds, labor-disputes.

Sinclair Lewis

Main Street

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Topic

Man and nature The human condition

Speaker

Guy Pollock

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

Main Street

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Main Street. Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. "Main Street." Sinclair Lewis: Main Street and Babbitt, edited by John Hersey. Library of America, 1992, ch. 13.

If the British went out by water, to show two lanterns in the North Church steeple; and if by land, one as a signal, for we were apprehensive it would be difficult to cross the Charles River or get over Boston Neck.

Paul Revere

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American Revolution

Speaker

Paul Revere

Language

English

Time

1775 1770s 18th century

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Citation

Revere, Paul. Signal code arranged with Colonel Conant. 16 Apr. 1775, Boston, MA, USA.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Peter De Vries

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Topic

Gluttony Food Coping mechanisms

Speaker

Mrs. Thicknesse

Author

Peter De Vries

Source

Comfort Me With Apples

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Citation

De Vries, Peter. Comfort Me with Apples. Little, Brown & Company, 1956.

I think perhaps we want a more conscious life. We're tired of drudging and sleeping and dying. We're tired of seeing just a few people able to be individualists. We're tired of always deferring hope till the next generation. We're tired of hearing politicians and priests and cautious reformers...coax us, "Be calm! Be patient! Wait! We have the plans for a Utopia already made; just give us a bit more time and we’ll produce it; trust us; we're wiser than you." For ten thousand years they've said that. We want our Utopia now-and we're going to try our hands at it.

Sinclair Lewis

Main Street

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Topic

Political progress Progress

Speaker

Carol Milford Kennicott

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

Main Street

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Main Street. Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920, ch. 16.

Current Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. "Main Street." Sinclair Lewis: Main Street and Babbitt, edited by John Hersey. Library of America, 1992, ch. 16.

Love is not just a feeling; it's a practice, something you practice whether you feel like it or not.

Wendell Berry

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Love as action Nature of love Love

Speaker

Wendell Berry

Source

The Kentucky Review

Medium

Interview Academic journal

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Berry, Wendell. Quoted in "Interview with Wendell Berry." Interviewed by Vince Pennington. The Kentucky Review, Spring 1996.

There is a Chinese curse which says "May he live in interesting times." Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative of any time in the history of mankind.

Robert F. Kennedy

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The 60s

Speaker

Robert F. Kennedy

Source

Day of Affirmation Address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Kennedy, Robert F. "Day of Affirmation." National Union of South African Students meeting. 6 June 1966, Jameson Hall, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa.