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It's good to be just plain happy; it's a little better to know that you're happy; but to understand that you're happy and to know why and how... And still be happy, be happy in the being and the knowing, well that is beyond happiness, that is bliss.

Henry Miller

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Topic

Happiness Self-knowledge

Author

Henry Miller

Source

The Colossus of Maroussi

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Miller, Henry. The Colossus of Maroussi. Colt Press, 1941, pt. 1.

Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury.

Learned Hand

Helvering v. Gregory

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Topic

Taxes

Author

Learned Hand

Source

Helvering v. Gregory

Medium

Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Hand, Learned. US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Helvering v. Gregory, 69 F.2d 809 (2d Cir. 1934).

Out on the street I couldn't tell the Vietnam veterans from the rock and roll veterans. The Sixties had made so many casualties, its war and its music had run power off the same circuit for so long they didn't even have to fuse.

Michael Herr

Dispatches

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Topic

The 60s Vietnam War

Author

Michael Herr

Source

Dispatches

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Herr, Michael. "Breathing Out." Dispatches. Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.

I will write until my knuckles are worn and my brain bewildered, but I will write on and on.

William Styron

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Topic

Perseverance Dedication Writing

Author

William Styron

Source

Letters of William Styron

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Styron, William. Letter to William C. Styron Sr. 1 June 1951.

My feelings are too intense. I hate bitterly, I love too exaltingly, I pity to extravagantly, I hurt too painfully. We American blacks call that "soul."

Chester Himes

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Topic

Black experience

Author

Chester Himes

Source

The Quality of Hurt

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Himes, Chester. The Quality of Hurt: The Autobiography of Chester Himes. Vol. 1, Doubleday, 1972.

I'm using art as a means of changing myself, as a means of breaking out of a category.

Vito Acconci

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Topic

Self-expression Personal growth Art

Speaker

Vito Acconci

Source

Sexuality: Documents of Contemporary Art

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Acconci, Vito. Interviewed by Cindy Nemser. c. 1971.

Current Citation

Acconci, Vito. Sexuality: Documents of Contemporary Art, edited by Amelia Jones. Whitechapel Gallery/The MIT Press, 2014.

The life-history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. From the moment of his birth the customs into which he is born shape his experience and behavior. By the time he can talk, he is the little creature of his culture, and by the time he is grown and able to take part in its activities, its habits are his habits, its beliefs his beliefs, its impossibilities his impossibilities.

Ruth Benedict

Patterns of Culture

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Topic

Custom and convention Formation of character

Author

Ruth Benedict

Source

Patterns of Culture

Genre

Anthropology

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Benedict, Ruth. Patterns of Culture. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934, ch. 1.

Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.

Wendell Willkie

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Topic

Freedom

Author

Wendell Willkie

Source

One World

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Willkie, Wendell Lewis. One World. Simon & Schuster, 1943, ch. 13.

Immunities that are valid as against the federal government by force of the specific pledges of particular amendments have been found to be implicit in the concept of ordered liberty, and thus, through the Fourteenth Amendment, become valid as against the states.

Benjamin Cardozo

Palko v. Connecticut

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Topic

Citizen and state Constitutional law

Author

Benjamin Cardozo

Source

Palko v. Connecticut

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan. United States, Supreme Court. Palko v. Connecticut. United States Reports, vol. 302, 6 Dec. 1937, pp. 319-329. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/302/319/.

Throughout the ages, man has conquered tragedy with his ability to create works of art.

Will Barnet

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Topic

Art as therapy Purpose of art Art

Speaker

Will Barnet

Source

22 Famous Painters and Illustrators Tell How They Work

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Barnet, Will. "Interview with Mary Anne Guitar." 22 Famous Painters and Illustrators Tell How They Work. David McKay, 1964, p. 11.

Political agitation, by the passions it arouses or the convictions it engenders, may in fact stimulate men to the violation of law. Detestation of existing policies is easily transformed into forcible resistance of the authority which puts them in execution, and it would be folly to disregard the causal relation between tire two. Yet to assimilate agitation, legitimate as such, with direct incitement to violent resistance, is to disregard the tolerance of all methods of political agitation which in normal times is a safeguard of free government.

Learned Hand

Masses Pub Co. v. Patten

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Topic

First Amendment US Constitution Freedom of speech and expression

Author

Learned Hand

Source

Masses Pub Co. v. Patten

Medium

Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hand, Learned. US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Masses Pub. Co. v. Patten, 244 F. 535 (1917).

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.

George Santayana

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Topic

Atheism Man and the universe

Author

George Santayana

Source

On My Friendly Critics Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Santayana, George. "On My Friendly Critics." Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies. Charles Scribner's Sons/Constable and Co., 1922.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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Topic

Getting what you want How to live

Author

Logan Pearsall Smith

Source

Afterthoughts

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Smith, Logan Pearsall. "Life and Human Nature." Afterthoughts. Constable & Company, 1931.

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?

Francis Ford Coppola

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Topic

Nature of art Taking risks Originality Art

Speaker

Francis Ford Coppola

Source

Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration 99U Magazine

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Coppola, Francis Ford. "Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration." Interviewed by Ariston Anderson. The Behance Blog, 5 Jan. 2011.

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi.

Luis Walter Alvarez

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Topic

Physics

Speaker

Luis Walter Alvarez

Source

The Politics of Pure Science

Genre

Scientific literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Alvarez, Luis Walter. Quoted in The Politics of Pure Science, written by Daniel S. Greenberg. New American Library, 1967.

Science is an integral part of culture. It's not this foreign thing, done by an arcane priesthood. It's one of the glories of the human intellectual tradition.

Stephen Jay Gould

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Topic

Nature of science Science

Author

Stephen Jay Gould

Source

The Independent

Genre

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Gould, Stephen Jay. Independent. 24 Jan. 1990.

The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.

Omar Bradley

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Topic

Nuclear weapons Moral progress Technological progress Progress

Speaker

Omar Bradley

Source

Armistice Day Speech (Speech)

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Bradley, Omar. "Armistice Day Speech, November 10, 1948." The Collected Writings of General Omar N. Bradley. Vol. 1, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1967. Originally a speech at an Armistice Day Celebration. 10 Nov. 1948, Boston Chamber of Commerence, Boston, MA, USA.

I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.

George Bennard

The Old Rugged Cross

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Topic

The crucifixion Forgiveness Eternal life

Author

George Bennard

Source

The Old Rugged Cross

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Bennard, George. "The Old Rugged Cross." Heart and Life Songs for the Church, Sunday School, Home, and Campmeeting. 1915.

We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we…remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes that were, for the moment unpopular.

Edward R. Murrow

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Topic

Red Scare Dissent

Speaker

Edward R. Murrow

Source

See It Now

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Murrow, Edward R. See It Now. CBS, 9 Mar. 1954.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

John Burroughs

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Topic

The mind

Author

John Burroughs

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Burroughs, John. "The Modern Skeptic." The Light of Day. Houghton Mifflin, 1900.