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I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large, out of focus monster, roaming the countryside.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Bigfoot Mythical creatures

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies.

Pauline Kael

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Movies

Author

Pauline Kael

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Kael, Pauline. Quoted in "Pauline Kael Is Still At The Movies." Written by Jacob Siskind. The Montreal Gazette, 29 May 1968.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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Teachers Teaching

Author

Amos Bronson Alcott

Language

English

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Alcott, Bronson. "Orphic Sayings." The Dial, July 1840, no. 80.

It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.

Louis Brandeis

New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann

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Topic

States as laboratories Federalism Political theory American politics Politics

Author

Louis Brandeis

Source

New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Dissenting opinion Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Brandeis, Louis. Dissenting Opinion. New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann. United States Reports, vol. 285, 21 Mar. 1932, pp. 280-311. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/285/262/.

That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captive enemies to the judgment of the law is one of the most significant tributes that Power has ever paid to Reason.

Robert H. Jackson

Opening statement for the prosecution at Nuremberg.

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Topic

Magnanimity in war World War II War

Speaker

Robert H. Jackson

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Jackson, Robert H. "Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal." 21 Nov. 1945, International Military Tribunal, Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, Germany.

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,
Don't fence me in.
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,
Don't fence me in.

Cole Porter

Don't Fence Me In

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Wide open spaces

Author

Cole Porter

Source

Don't Fence Me In

Medium

Song

Genre

Great American songbook

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

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"Don't Fence Me In." Hollywood Canteen. Directed by Delmer Daves, performed by Roy Rogers with the Sons of the Pioneers. Warner Bros., 1944.

A sharp distinction between humans and "animals" is essential if we are to bend them to our will, make them work for us, wear them, eat them—without any disquieting tinges of guilt or regret... Humans—who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals—have had an understandable penchant for pretending that animals do not feel pain... It is unseemly of us, who often behave so unfeelingly toward other animals, to contend that only humans can suffer... The behavior of other animals, especially the chimps and bonobos, renders such pretensions specious. They are just too much like us.

Carl Sagan

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Animal cruelty Man and animals Animals

Author

Carl Sagan

Source

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Sagan, Carl and Ann Druyan. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are. Random House, 1992, ch. 19.

Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.

Heywood Broun

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Atheism

Author

Heywood Broun

Source

A New Preface to an Old Story

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Broun, Heywood. "A New Preface to an Old Story." Broun's Nutmeg, 19 Aug. 1939.

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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Politics is downstream of culture Conservatism Liberalism Political theory Politics

Speaker

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Source

Family and Nation

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick. "Family and Nation." Edwin L. Godkin Lecture. 1985, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside its own without bias; the spirit of liberty remembers that not even a sparrow falls to earth unheeded; the spirit of liberty is the spirit of Him who, near two thousand years ago, taught mankind that lesson it has never learned, but has never quite forgotten; that there may be a kingdom where the least shall be heard and considered side by side with the greatest.

Learned Hand

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Empathy Intellectual humility Open-mindedness

Speaker

Learned Hand

Source

Speeches of Learned Hand

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Hand, Learned. "The Spirit of Liberty." I Am An American Day. 21 May 1944, Central Park, New York City, NY, USA.

She did not need much,
wanted very little.
A kind word, sincerity,
fresh air, clean water,
a garden, kisses,
books to read,
sheltering arms, a cozy bed,
and to love and be loved in return.

Starra Neely Blade

She Did Not Need Much

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Topic

Human needs

Author

Starra Neely Blade

Source

She Did Not Need Much

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Blade, Starra Neely. Posting of her poem called She Did Not Need Much. Facebook, 4 Oct. 2019. https://www.facebook.com/StarraNeelyBlade/. Accessed 12 Jan. 2023.

I left my heart in San Francisco
High on a hill it calls to me.
To be where little cable cars climb half-way to
the stars,
The morning fog may chill the air-
I don't care!

Tony Bennett

I Left My Heart in San Francisco

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San Francisco

Speaker

Tony Bennett

Source

I Left My Heart in San Francisco

Medium

Song

Genre

Great American songbook

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Cross, Douglass. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." I Left My Heart in San Francisco. Performed by Tony Bennett. Columbia Records, 1962.

Ultraliberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy, a pusillanimous pussyfooting on the critical issue of law and order.

Spiro T. Agnew

Speech at Illinois Republican Meeting, September 10, 1970

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Topic

Liberalism

Speaker

Spiro T. Agnew

Source

Speech at Illinois Republican Meeting, September 10, 1970

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Agnew, Spiro. Speech in Illionis. Republican meeting. 10 Sept. 1970, Springfield, IL, USA.

All dwellers in cities must live with the stubborn fact of annihilation... Of all targets, New York has a certain clear priority. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm.

E.B. White

Here is New York

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New York City Nuclear holocaust

Author

E.B. White

Source

Here is New York

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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Citation

White, E. B and Roger Angell. Here is New York. Harper & Brothers, 1949.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

Buckminster Fuller

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Topic

Man and nature

Author

Buckminster Fuller

Source

Minneapolis Tribune

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Fuller, Richard Buckminster. "Bucky Fuller Gives Us 8 Years." Interviewed by Larry Batson. Minneapolis Tribune, 30 Apr. 1978.

The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests has said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits to thought." The Greeks said, "All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set to thought."

Edith Hamilton

The Greek Way

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Topic

Athens and Jerusalem

Author

Edith Hamilton

Source

The Greek Way

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Hamilton, Edith. The Greek Way. W. W. Norton & Company, 1930, ch. 2.

My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing:
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountain-side
Let freedom ring.

Samuel Francis Smith

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)

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American Civil War

Author

Samuel Francis Smith

Source

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)

Medium

Song

Genre

Great American songbook Patriotic songs

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Smith, Samuel Francis. "America." The Choir. Boston: Lowell Mason, 1832. Originally performed in public on 4 July 1831, Park Street Church, Boston, MA, USA.

We were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American System of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines-doctrines of paternalism and static socialism.

Herbert Hoover

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America and Europe

Speaker

Herbert Hoover

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Hoover, Herbert. Campaign speech about the principles and ideals of the United States Government. 22 Oct. 1928, New York City, NY, USA.

Future shock... The shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.

Alvin Toffler

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Topic

Resistance to change Change

Author

Alvin Toffler

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Toffler, Alvin. Future Shock. Random House, 1970, introduction.

Don't sell the steak; sell the sizzle. It is the sizzle that sells the steak and not the cow, although the cow is, of course, mighty important.

Elmer Wheeler

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Topic

Advertising and marketing

Author

Elmer Wheeler

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wheeler, Elmer. "Wheelerpoint #1." Tested Sentences that Sell. Prentice-Hall, 1937.