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Man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.

Eric Hoffer

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Topic

Overcoming obstacles Opportunities

Author

Eric Hoffer

Source

On Nature and Human Nature

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hoffer, Eric. "On Nature and Human Nature." Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer. Harper & Row, 1982.

Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him, and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.

Earl Warren

Miranda v. Arizona

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Topic

Criminal law

Author

Earl Warren

Source

Miranda v. Arizona

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Warren, Earl. United States, Supreme Court. Miranda v. Arizona. United States Reports, vol. 384, 13 June 1966, pp. 436-545. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/384/436/.

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

M.F.K. Fisher

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Topic

Eating Food Man as social animal

Author

M.F.K. Fisher

Source

An Alphabet for Gourmets

Medium

Essay

Genre

Food writing

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fisher, Mary Frances Kennedy. An Alphabet for Gourmets. The Viking Press, 1949.

Legislation is powerless to eradicate racial instincts or to abolish distinctions based upon physical differences, and the attempt to do so can only result in accentuating the difficulties of the present situation.

Henry Billings Brown

Plessy v. Ferguson

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Topic

Jim Crow Legal theory

Author

Henry Billings Brown

Source

Plessy v. Ferguson

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Brown, Henry Billings. United States, Supreme Court. Plessy v. Ferguson. United States Reports, vol. 163, 18 May 1896, pp. 537-564. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/163/537/.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down.

Wilson Mizner

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Topic

Golden rule Kindness

Speaker

Wilson Mizner

Source

The Legendary Mizners

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mizner, Wilson. Quoted in The Legendary Mizners, written by Alva Johnston. Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953, ch. 4.

Dies, all dies!
The grass it dies, but in vernal rain
Up it springs and it lives again;
Over and over, again and again
It lives, it dies and it lives again.

Herman Melville

Works

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Topic

Grass Circle of life

Author

Herman Melville

Source

Pontoosuce Works

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Melville, Herman. "Pontoosuce." Works. Vol. 16, Constable, 1924, I. 71.

Current Citation

Melville, Herman. "Pontoosuce." Selected Poems of Herman Melville. Penguin Classics, 2006, I. 71.

Everybody blames the Jews for killing Christ, and then the Jews try to pass it off on the Romans. I'm one of the few people that believes it was the blacks.

Sarah Silverman

Jesus is Magic

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Topic

The crucifixion

Speaker

Sarah Silverman

Source

Jesus is Magic

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jesus is Magic. Directed by Liam Lynch, performed by Sarah Silverman, Roadside Attractions, 2005.

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.

Jack London

The Call of the Wild

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Topic

Feeling alive The human condition

Author

Jack London

Source

The Call of the Wild

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. Macmillan, 1903, ch. 3.

Current Citation

London, Jack. "The Call of the Wild." The Call of the Wild and Selected Stories. Signet, 2009, ch. 3.

The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

George Mason

Virginia Bill of Rights

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Topic

Freedom of the press

Author

George Mason

Source

Virginia Bill of Rights

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

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Citation

Mason, George. Virginia Bill of Rights. 12 June 1776, article 12.

For the two of us, home isn't a place. It's a person. And we're finally home.

Stephanie Perkins

Anna and the French Kiss

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Topic

Finding the one Home

Author

Stephanie Perkins

Source

Anna and the French Kiss

Medium

Novel

Genre

Young adult

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Perkins, Stephanie. Anna and the French Kiss. Dutton Juvenile, 2010, ch. 47.

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

Howell Forgy

Said at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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Topic

Guns

Speaker

Howell Forgy

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Forgy, Howell. Comment to men during the Pearl Harbor attack. 7 Dec. 1941, Pearl Harbor, Oahu, HI, USA.

A little, wretched, despicable creature; a worm, a mere nothing, and less than nothing; a vile insect that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of heaven and earth?

Jonathan Edwards

The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners

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Topic

Man

Author

Jonathan Edwards

Source

The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners

Medium

Sermon

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1734 1730s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Edwards, Jonathan. The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners. 1734.

A minimal state, limited to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcement of contracts, and so on, is justified; that any more extensive state will violate persons' rights not to be forced to do certain things, and is unjustified; and that the minimal state is inspiring as well as right.

Robert Nozick

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

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Topic

Limited government

Author

Robert Nozick

Source

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nozick, Robert. Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Basic Books, 1974, preface.

Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.

Joseph Alsop

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Topic

International politics Political theory Politics

Author

Joseph Alsop

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Alsop, Joseph. Quoted in The Observer. 30 Nov. 1952.

Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy.

John Quincy Adams

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Topic

Isolationism American foreign policy America

Speaker

John Quincy Adams

Source

Speeches of John Adams

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Adams, John Quincy. Speech to the US House of Representatives on Foreign Policy. 4 July 1821, US Capitol Building, Washington DC, USA.

The labour of women in the house, certainly enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Topic

Oppression of women Men and women

Author

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1898 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Women and Economics: A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898, ch. 1.

Well, I can tell you about the river
Or we could just get in.

Bill Callahan

From the Rivers to the Ocean

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Topic

Experiencing things Jumping in Going for it

Speaker

Bill Callahan

Source

From the Rivers to the Ocean

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk rock

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Callahan, Bill. "From the Rivers to the Ocean." Woke on a Whaleheart. Drag City, 2007.

The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it can tell us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans.

Robert F. Kennedy

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Topic

Economic growth American politics

Speaker

Robert F. Kennedy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Kennedy, Robert F. Remarks at the University of Kansas. 18 Mar. 1968, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.

Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.

Ray Cummings

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Topic

Nature of time Time

Speaker

The Big Business Man

Author

Ray Cummings

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Cummings, Ray. "The Girl in the Golden Atom." All-Story Weekly, Mar. 1919.

Current Citation

Cummings, Ray. The Girl in the Golden Atom. University of Nebraska Press, 2005, ch. 5.

Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence.

Robert F. Kennedy

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Topic

Moral courage Courage

Speaker

Robert F. Kennedy

Source

Day of Affirmation Address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

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.