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Is it not the glory of the people of America, that, whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and other nations, they have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity, for custom, or for names, to overrule the suggestions of their own good sense, the knowledge of their own situation, and the lessons of their own experience?

James Madison

Federalist 14

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Topic

American politics US Constitution Politics

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 14 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 14: Objections to the Proposed Constitution From Extent of Territory Answered." New York Packet, 30 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 14: Proposed union not too large for republican government.--Madison." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.

Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Topic

Dreams The human condition

Author

Zora Neale Hurston

Source

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1937, ch. 1.

We all fall for them. Pricks are spontaneous, they're unpredictable, and they're fun. And then we're surprised when they turn out to be pricks.

Up in the Air

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Topic

Bad boys Men and women

Speaker

Alex Goran

Actor

Vera Farmiga

Source

Up in the Air

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Up in the Air. Directed by Jason Reitman, DreamWorks Pictures/The Montecito Picture Company/Cold Spring Pictures/Rickshaw Productions/Right of Way Films, 2009.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Topic

Teachers and students Legacy Influence on others

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.

In this world, a man, himself, is nothing. And there ain't no world but this one.

The Thin Red Line

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Topic

The human condition Insignificance of the individual The afterlife

Speaker

1st Sgt. Welsh

Actor

Sean Penn

Source

The Thin Red Line

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) War (film) Epic War

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Thin Red Line. Directed by Terrence Malick, Fox 2000 Pictures/Phoenix Pictures/Geisler-Roberdeau, 1998.

That was stupid. How the hell you gonna get fired on your day off?

Friday

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Topic

Getting fired Days off

Speaker

Mr. Jones

Actor

John Witherspoon

Source

Friday

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Question Irony

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Friday. Directed by F. Gary Gray, New Line Productions/Ghetto Bird Productions, 1995.

Where is my John Wayne?
Where is my prairie song?
Where is my happy ending?
Where have all the cowboys gone?

Paula Cole

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

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Topic

Chivalry is dead Men and women

Speaker

Paula Cole

Source

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Cole, Paula. "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" This Fire. Warner Records/Imago Records, 1996.

George, we’ve had it with you. Understand? We love you like a son, but even parents have limits.

Frank Costanza

Seinfeld

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Topic

Parents and children

Speaker

Frank Costanza

Actor

Jerry Stiller

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

"The Junk Mail." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Spike Feresten, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 9, episode 5, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1997.

The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods; it remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Anti-monarchism Monarchy

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1888 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 20. Originally from Notebook, c. 1888.

Yes, of course we were pretentious—what else is youth for?

Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

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Topic

Pretentiousness Youth

Author

Julian Barnes

Source

The Sense of an Ending

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Barnes, Julian. The Sense of an Ending. Jonathan Cape/Alfred A. Knopf, 2011, ch. 1.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Topic

Citizen and state

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1772 1770s 18th century

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry by James Boswell. 31 Mar. 1772.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

For courage mounteth with occasion.

William Shakespeare

The Life and Death of King John

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Topic

Courage

Speaker

Austria

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Life and Death of King John

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Life and Death of King John." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, 1623, act 2, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "King John." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Topic

Insanity Burnout

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Source

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table." The New England Magazine. Boston: Joseph T. Buckingham, Nov. 1831 and Feb. 1832.

Current Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Dover Publications, 2015.

What's done cannot be undone.

William Shakespeare

Macbeth

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Topic

Actions have consequences The road not taken The past

Speaker

Lady Macbeth

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Macbeth

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 5, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 1.

A man has every season, while a woman has only the right to spring.

Jane Fonda

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Topic

Women and aging Men and women Patriarchy

Speaker

Jane Fonda

Source

Daily Mail

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Fonda, Jane. Quoted in Daily Mail. 13 Sept. 1989.

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

Lost in Translation

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Topic

Self-assurance

Speaker

Bob Harris

Actor

Bill Murray

Source

Lost in Translation

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Lost in Translation. Directed by Sofia Coppola, American Zoetrope/Elemental Films, 2003.

Factories provide three things this country desperately needs: jobs, pride, and material for Bruce Springsteen songs.

Jack Donaghy

30 Rock

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Topic

Deindustrialization Manufacturing

Speaker

Jack Donaghy

Actor

Alec Baldwin

Source

30 Rock

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"Meet the Woggels!" 30 Rock, written by Tina Fey and Ron Weiner, directed by Linda Mendoza, season 6, episode 17, Broadway Video and Little Stranger, 2012.

Individuals pass like shadows; but the commonwealth is fixed and stable.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

The United Kingdom Ephemeral nature of life Impermanence

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Speech on Presenting to the House of Commons a Plan for the Better Security of the Independence of Parliament and the Economical Reformation of the Civil and Other Establishments

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1780 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Presenting to the House of Commons a Plan for the Better Security of the Independence of Parliament and the Economical Reformation of the Civil and Other Establishments." 11 Feb. 1780, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Economical Reform." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

You lost today, kid. But it doesn't mean you have to like it.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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Topic

Bouncing back Losing

Speaker

Fedora

Actor

Richard Young

Source

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Adventure (film) Action Adventure

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Lucasfilm Ltd., 1989.

From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever.

Chief Joseph

Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

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Topic

US and Native American relations American West

Speaker

Chief Joseph

Author

Dee Brown

Source

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Chief Joseph. Surrender message to General Howard. 4 Oct. 1877.