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It's very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It's easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Conflict resolution Interpersonal conflict Conflict Accepting others Compromise

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 174.

The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good or harm.

Walter Bagehot

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Topic

Good intentions Charity

Author

Walter Bagehot

Source

Physics and Politics

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1872 1870s 19th century

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Original Citation

Bagehot, Walter. Physics and Politics. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Bagehot, Walter. Physics and Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2010, ch. 5.

The dragon-green, the luminous, the dark, the serpent-haunted sea.

James Elroy Flecker

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Topic

Ocean and sea

Author

James Elroy Flecker

Source

The Gates of Damascus

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Flecker, James Elroy. "The Gates of Damascus." The Collected Poems of James Elroy Flecker. Doubleday, Page & Co., 1916, I. 33.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Alan Kay

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Topic

The future Innovation Invention

Speaker

Alan Kay

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Kay, Alan. Speech in Palo Alto. c. 1971, Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

When a lovely flame dies,
Smoke gets in your eyes.

Otto Harbach

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

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Topic

Failed relationships Lost love

Author

Otto Harbach

Source

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Medium

Song

Genre

Great American songbook

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Harbach, Otto. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." Roberta. Composed by Jerome Kern. 1933, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, NY, USA.

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

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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.

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.

Jerome K. Jerome

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Work Procrastination Finishing a task

Author

Jerome K. Jerome

Source

Three Men in a Boat

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Jerome, Jerome Klapka. Three Men in a Boat. London: J. W. Arrowsmith, 1889, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Jerome, Jerome Klapa. "Three Men in a Boat." Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel, edited by Jeremy Lewis. Penguin Classics, 2000, ch. 15.

Hark! the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King;
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!
Joyful all ye nations rise,
Join the triumph of the skies;
With th' angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Charles Wesley

Hymn for Christmas-Day

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Topic

Jesus's birth

Author

Charles Wesley

Source

Hymn for Christmas-Day

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1739 1730s 18th century

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Citation

Wesley, Charles. "Hymn for Christmas-Day." Hymns and Sacred Poems. London: Strahan, 1739.

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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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

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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

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Citation

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

Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern.

Louise Bourgeois

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Nature of art Self-awareness Self-discovery Self-knowledge Art

Speaker

Louise Bourgeois

Source

Bourgeois

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

20th century

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Citation

Kuspit, Donald Burton. Interviewed by Louise Bourgeois. 1988.

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

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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

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Citation

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

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

Herbert Asquith

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Youth is wasted on the young Youth vs. old age Youth

Author

Herbert Asquith

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Asquith, Herbert. Quoted in Observer. 15 Apr. 1923.

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

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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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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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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.

True is it that we have seen better days.

William Shakespeare

As You Like It

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Topic

Looking back

Speaker

Duke Senior

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

As You Like It

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 7.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 7.