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He was not of an age but for all time!

Ben Jonson

On Shakespeare.

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Jonson, Ben. "To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 17 Apr. 1776.

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

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Jobs, Steve. "Steve Jobs: 'There's Sanity Returning'." Interviewed by Andy Reinhardt. BusinessWeek, 25 May 1998.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891, pt. 2.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist Part II." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Keats, John. "Hyperion: A Fragment." Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1820, bk. 1, I. 353.

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Keats, John. "Hyperion: A Fragment." John Keats: The Major Works, edited by Elizabeth Cook. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1, I. 353.

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There Will Be Blood. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Ghoulardi Film Company and Scott Rudin Productions, 2007.

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Bradbury, Ray. "Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203." Interviewed by Sam Weller. Paris Review, Spring 2010.

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. "Matrimony." Thoughts on the Education of Daughters. London: Joseph Johnson, 1787.

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. "Thoughts on the Education of Daughters." The Works of Mary Wollstonecraft, edited by Marilyn Butler and Janet Todd. Vol. 4, Routledge, 2020.

The half-life of love is forever.

Junot Diaz

This is How You Lose Her

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Diaz, Junot. "The Cheater's Guide to Love." This Is How You Lose Her. Riverhead Books, 2012.

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St. Elmo's Fire. Directed by Joel Schumacher, Channel-Lauren Shuler, 1985.

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Burke, Edmund. Two Letters to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France. London: F. and C. Rivington, 1796, letter 1.

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Burke, Edmund. Letters on a Regicide Peace." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009, letter 1.

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Eliot, George. Impressions of Theophrastus Such. Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1879, ch. 4.

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Burns, Robert. Man was made to Mourn: A Dirge. 1784, st. 11.

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Burns, Robert. "Man Was Made to Mourn. A Dirge." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994, I. 11.

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The Big Lebowski. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Working Title Films, 1998.

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Dylan, Bob. "Just Like a Woman." Blonde on Blonde. Columbia Records, 1966.

Although Kazakhstan a glorious country, it have a problem, too: economic, social, and Jew.

Borat

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Borat. Directed by Larry Charles, Four by Two Films/Everyman Pictures/20th Century Fox, Dune Entertainment/One America Productions/Ingenious Media/Talkback/Channel 4, 2006.

Yes, injured Woman! rise, assert thy right!

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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Barbauld, Anna Laetitia. "The Rights of Woman." The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld With a Memoir by Lucy Aikin. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825.

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Barbauld, Anna Laetitia. "The Rights of Woman." The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld: With a Memoir, edited by Lucy Aikin. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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U2

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U2. "Sunday Bloody Sunday." War. Island Records, 1983.

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Hurston, Zora Neale. Tell My Horse. J.B. Lippincott Co., 1938, ch. 15.

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Interstellar. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Legendary Pictures/Syncopy/Lynda Obst Productions, 2014.