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Once you find the truth you ought to be prepared to stand on the street corner and use all your gifts to right the wrong.

Maya Angelou

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Truth Standing up for what's right Taking action Activism Progress

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Maya Angelou

Source

The West Interview: Maya Angelous San Jose Mercury News

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Angelou, Maya. "The West Interview: Maya Angelou." Interviewed by Sal Manna. San Jose Mercury News, 22 June 1986.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

Helen Keller

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Effects of education Education

Author

Helen Keller

Source

Optimism

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Keller, Helen. Optimism. T. Y. Crowell and Company, 1903, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Keller, Helen. "Optimism." The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays. Dover Publications, 2010, pt. 2.

With the right footwear one can rule the world.

Bette Midler

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Girl power

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Bette Midler

Source

Trenton Evening Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Midler, Bette. "Ask Them Yourself: Question for Bette Midler." Trenton Evening Times, Section: Family Weekly (Newspaper Supplement), 13 Jan. 1980.

I don't wait to be struck by lightning and don't need certain slants of light in order to write.

Toni Morrison

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Inspiration Creative process Writing

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Toni Morrison

Source

The New Republic

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Morrison, Toni. "The Language Must Not Sweat." Interviewed by Thomas LeClair. The New Republic, 21 Mar. 1981.

An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Punctuation Writing

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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English

Time

20th century

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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Quoted in Beloved Infidel: The Education of a Woman, written by Sheilah Graham and Gerold Frank. Henry Holt, 1958, ch. 18.

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

Malcolm X

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Peace Freedom

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Malcolm X

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Malcolm X. "Prospects for Freedom in 1965." Militant Labor Forum. 7 Jan. 1965, Palm Gardens, New York City, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Malcolm X. "Prospects for Freedom in 1965." Malcolm X Speaks, edited by George Breitman. Grove Press, 1994.

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

Mark Twain

Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Money and friendship Lending Friendship

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Pudd'nhead Wilson

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

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Twain, Mark. "Pudd'nhead Wilson." The Century Magazine, Nov. 1893-Oct. 1894.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "Pudd'nhead Wilson." Pudd'nHead Wilson and Other Tales, edited by R.D. Gooder. Oxford University Press, 2009.

I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old, from their native land, and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life.

Thomas Jefferson

Second Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson

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America and Israel God and America

Speaker

Thomas Jefferson

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1805 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1805, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

No man has a wholly undiseased mind; that in one way or another all men are mad.

Mark Twain

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Dark side of human nature Human nature Insanity

Author

Mark Twain

Source

The Memorable Assassination What is Man? And Other Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

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Twain, Mark. "The Memorable Assassination." What is Man? And Other Essays. Harper & Brothers, 1917.

Our country abounds in the necessaries, the arts, and the comforts of life. A general prosperity is visible in the public countenance.

James Madison

Second Inaugural Address of James Madison

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Early America American prosperity America

Speaker

James Madison

Source

Second Inaugural Address of James Madison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

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Citation

Madison, James. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1813, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The first draft of anything is shit.

Ernest Hemingway

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Incremental improvement Writing

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Ernest Hemingway

Source

With Hemingway: A Year in Key West and Cuba

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Hemmingway, Ernest. Quoted in With Hemmingway: A Year in Key West and Cuba, by Arnold Samuelson. Random House, 1984.

Without union our independence and liberty would never have been achieved; without union they never can be maintained.

Andrew Jackson

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson

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American government American politics

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Andrew Jackson

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Jackson, Andrew. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

In the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their United Government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, can not be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage.

George Washington

First Inaugural Address of George Washington

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American founding Early America

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George Washington

Source

First Inaugural Address of George Washington Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

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Original Citation

Washington, George. "First Inaugural Address." 30 Apr. 1789, Front balcony, Federal Hall, New York City, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Washington, George. "First Inaugral Address, April 30, 1789." George Washington: Writings, edited by John Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

John F. Kennedy

JFK was assassinated while he was on the way to give the speech containing these words.

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Leadership Learning

Author

John F. Kennedy

Source

Remarks Prepared for Deliver at the Trade Mart in Dallas on November 22, 1963

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Remarks Prepared for Deliver at the Trade Mart in Dallas on November 22, 1963." Speech undelivered due to assassination.

To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of...faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.

James Madison

Federalist 10

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Partisan politics American founding

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 10 The Federalist Papers

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Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 10: The Same Subject Continued: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection." Daily Advertiser, 22 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 10: An extensive republic a remedy for mischiefs of faction.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

I don't think you can really put a monetary value on a painting.

Jacob Lawrence

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Art and money Art

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Jacob Lawrence

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Lawrence, Jacob. Interviewed by Carroll Greene. 26 Oct. 1968, New York City, NY, USA.

It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give that humane and considerate attention to their rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our Government and the feelings of our people.

Andrew Jackson

First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson

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US and Native American relations American politics

Speaker

Andrew Jackson

Source

First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Jackson, Andrew. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The people of the District of Columbia are not the subjects of the people of the States, but free American citizens.

William Henry Harrison

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison

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Washington, D.C.

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William Henry Harrison

Source

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Harrison, William Henry. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1841, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you what you want.

Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Persuasion

Author

Dale Carnegie

Source

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Carnegie, Dale. How to Win Friends and Influence People. Simon & Schuster, 1936.

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The present The human condition

Speaker

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Public and Private Education

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Public and Private Education." 27 Nov. 1864, Boston, MA, USA.