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Procrastination is the thief of time.

Edward Young

Night Thoughts

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Topic

Procrastination Lost time Time

Author

Edward Young

Source

Night Thoughts

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1742 1740s 18th century

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Original Citation

Young, Edward. The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality. London: R. Dodsley, 1742, Night 1, I. 393.

Current Citation

Young, Edward. Edward Young: Night Thoughts, edited by Stephen Cornford. Cambridge University Press, 2008, Night 1, I. 393.

He that plants trees loves others beside himself.

Thomas Fuller (physician)

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Loving others Empathy Trees Man and nature

Author

Thomas Fuller (physician)

Source

Gnomologia

Language

English

Time

1732 1730s 18th century

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Citation

Fuller, Thomas. Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, And Witty Sayings. London: B. Barker, 1732, no. 2248.

The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.

Thornton Wilder

The Bridge on San Luis Rey

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Unrequited love

Author

Thornton Wilder

Source

The Bridge on San Luis Rey

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1927 1920s 20th century

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Wilder, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Albert & Charles Boni, 1927.

Current Citation

Wilder, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Vintage, 2023.

Goddamn, you play a mean banjo!

Deliverance

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Topic

Banjo Musical instruments Hillbillies

Speaker

Drew Ballinger

Actor

Ronny Cox

Source

Deliverance

Medium

Film

Genre

Survival (film) Thriller (film) Thriller Survival

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Deliverance. Directed by John Boorman, Elmer Enterprises, 1972.

We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.

Lydia Maria Child

An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans

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Abolitionism Slavery Oppression

Author

Lydia Maria Child

Source

An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Child, Lydia Maria. An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans. Boston: Allen & Ticknor, 1833, ch. 6.

I had to be at that there crossroads last midnight, to sell my soul to the devil.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Topic

The soul Devil's bargain

Speaker

Tommy Johnson

Actor

Chris Thomas King

Source

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

O Brother, Where Art Thou? Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Touchstone Pictures/Universal Pictures/StudioCanal/Working Title Films/Blind Bard Pictures, 2000.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Robert Frost

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Topic

Happiness

Author

Robert Frost

Source

A Witness Tree

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Frost, Robert. "Happiness Makes Up in Height for What it Lacks in Length." A Witness Tree. Henry Holt and Company, 1942.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Aphra Behn

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Variety

Speaker

Willmore

Author

Aphra Behn

Source

The Rover

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1681 1680s 17th century

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Behn, Aphra. The Rover or The Banish'd Cavaliers. 24 Mar. 1677, Duke's Theatre, Dorset Gardens, London, England, UK, pt. 2, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Behn, Aphra. "The Rover." The Rover and Other Plays. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 2, act 1, sc. 1.

We must bear one another's burdens, we must not look only on our own things but also on the things of our brethren.

John Winthrop

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Topic

Social solidarity Helping others

Author

John Winthrop

Source

A Model of Christian Charity

Medium

Sermon

Language

English

Time

1630 1630s 17th century

Era

Colonial America

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Citation

Winthrop, John. "A Model of Christian Charity." 8 Apr. 1630, on board Arbella. Sermon.

God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning.

Amiri Baraka

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Decline of religion Death of God God Disenchanted world

Author

Amiri Baraka

Source

What Does Nonviolence Mean?

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Baraka, Amiri (aka Imamu Amiri Baraka). "What Does Non-Violence Mean?" Midstream. Dec. 1963, vol. IX, no. 4.

If talk was money, Doc, you'd be the best customer I got.

Stagecoach

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Talking too much Talking

Speaker

Bartender

Actor

Jack Curtis

Source

Stagecoach

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Stagecoach. Directed by John Ford, Walter Wanger Productions, 1939.

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

Hannah Arendt

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Tyranny Words vs. actions Oppression

Speaker

Hannah Arendt

Source

A Certain World: A Commonplace Book

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Arendt, Hanna. Quoted in A Certain World: A Commonplace Book, written by W. H. Auden. Viking Press, 1970.

I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them. I believe that is an absolute necessity.

Whiplash

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Topic

Motivation

Speaker

Fletcher

Actor

J. K. Simmons

Source

Whiplash

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological drama (film) Drama (film) Psychological drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Whiplash. Directed by Damien Chazelle, Blumhouse Productions/Right of Way Films/Bold Films, 2014.

After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

Brooks Atkinson

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Topic

Decline of democracy War Democracy

Author

Brooks Atkinson

Source

Once Around the Sun

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Atkinson, Brooks. Once Around the Sun. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951.

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Journalism Media

Author

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Source

Hallam Edinburgh Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1828 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Hallam." Edinburgh Review, Sept. 1828.

For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.

John Dryden

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Topic

Happiness Pleasure and pain Pleasure Pain

Speaker

Cortez

Author

John Dryden

Source

The Indian Emperor

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Language

English

Time

1665 1660s 17th century

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Dryden, John. The Indian Emperor. King's Company, 1665, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "The Indian Emperor." The Works of John Dryden. Vol. 9. University of California Press, 1967, act 4, sc. 1.

I'll give you anything you ask for—as long as it's not something I don't want to give.

Love Actually

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Generosity

Speaker

The US President

Actor

Billy Bob Thornton

Source

Love Actually

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas (film) Romantic comedy (film) Christmas Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Love Actually. Directed by Richard Curtis, Working Title Films/StudioCanal/DNA Films, 2003.

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Honesty Meaning of words Limits of language

Author

Henry Adams

Source

The Education of Henry Adams

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

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Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 31.

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. 31.

Warriors, come out to play-i-ay.

The Warriors

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Speaker

Luther

Actor

David Patrick Kelly

Source

The Warriors

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Crime (film) Action Crime

Statement Type

Invitation

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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Citation

The Warrors. Directed by Walter Hill, Lawrence Gordon Productions, 1979.

Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.

Ray Bradbury

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Topic

Plot Stories

Author

Ray Bradbury

Source

Zen in the Art of Writing

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Bradbury, Ray. Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity. Joshua Odell Editions, 1990.