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Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Topic

Revenge

Author

Herman Melville

Source

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 135.

Current Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 135.

I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day.

Quoted in Gone with the Wind

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Topic

Winning someone back

Actor

No

Author

Margaret Mitchell

Source

Gone with the Wind

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Macmillan Publishers, 1936, pt. 5, ch. 63.

Current Citation

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Scribner, 2007, pt. 5, ch. 63.

We got so much food in America we allergic to food. Allergic to food! Hungry people ain't allergic to shit! You think anybody in Rwanda's got a fuckin' lactose intolerance?

Chris Rock

Bring the Pain

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Topic

Food

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bring the Pain

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Bring the Pain. HBO, 1 June 1996.

The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic, the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

Words vs. actions Critics

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. Historic Towns: New York. London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1891, ch. 14.

So take a good look at my face.
You'll see my smile looks out of place.
If you look closer, it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears.

The Miracles

The Tracks of My Tears

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Topic

Broken heart

Speaker

The Miracles

Source

The Tracks of My Tears

Medium

Song

Genre

Soul

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Robinson, Smokey and Pete Moore and Marv Tarplin. "The Tracks of My Tears." Performed by The Miracles. Going to a Go-Go. Tamla Records, 1965.

Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Cats

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 21. Originally from Notebook, 2 Feb. 1894.

The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.

Abraham Lincoln

Second Annual Message to Congress

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Topic

Solving problems Adaptability Changing with the times American Civil War

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Second Annual Message to Congress

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. Second Annual Message to Congress. 1 Dec. 1862, US Congress, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

But for mine own part, it was Greek to me.

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

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Topic

Gibberish

Speaker

Casca

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Julius Caesar

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play) Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1599 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 2.

Current Citation

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

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Man

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Topic

Honesty Character

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

An Essay on Man

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1733 1730s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep. 4, l. 248.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 4, I. 248.

Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your father had an accident there, he was put into a pie by Mrs. McGregor.

Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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Mrs. Rabbit

Author

Beatrix Potter

Source

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Genre

Children's literature

Statement Type

Warning

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Frederick Warne & Co., 1902.

Current Citation

Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Frederick Warne & Co., 2012.

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losin' my religion.

R.E.M.

Losing My Religion

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Topic

Decline of religion

Speaker

R.E.M.

Source

Losing My Religion Out of Time

Medium

Song

Genre

Alternative rock Rock music

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

R.E.M. "Losing My Religion." Out of Time. Warner Records, 1991.

There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons--
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes.

Emily Dickinson

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Topic

Winter

Author

Emily Dickinson

Source

Winter Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "Winter." Poems. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890, I. 1.

Current Citation

Dickinson, Emily. "There's a certain Slant of light." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.

I hate Congress—I hate the army—I hate the world—I hate myself. The whole is a mass of fools and knaves.

Alexander Hamilton

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Topic

Political frustration Over it

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Letters of Alexander Hamilton

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1780 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens. 12 Sept. 1780.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "From Alexander Hamilton to Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, [12 September 1780]." Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0851.

Let Americans disdain to be the instruments of European greatness! Let the thirteen States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting one great American system, superior to the control of all transatlantic force or influence, and able to dictate the terms of the connection between the old and the new world!

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 11

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Topic

American experiment

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Federalist 11 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

Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 11: The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy." Independent Journal, 23 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 10: Utility of union regarding commerce.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell.

Philip Henry Sheridan

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Topic

Texas

Speaker

Philip Henry Sheridan

Language

English

Time

1866 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Sheridan, Philip Henry. Quoted in The Pittsburgh Gazette. Mar. 1866.

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

George Santayana

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Topic

Nature of war

Author

George Santayana

Source

Tipperary Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Santayana, George. "Tipperary." Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies. Charles Scribner's Sons/Constable and Co., 1922.

Our world is dominated by the extreme, the unknown, and the very improbable (improbable according to our current knowledge)-and all the while we spend our time engaged in small talk, focusing on the known, and the repeated.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Black Swan

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Topic

The improbable

Author

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Source

The Black Swan

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Random House/Allen Lane, 2007, prologue.

All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was.

Ernest Hemingway

Esquire

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Topic

Power of literature

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

Old Newsman Writes: A Letter from Cuba Esquire

Medium

Letter Magazine

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "Old Newsman Writes: A Letter from Cuba." Esquire Magazine, 1 Dec. 1934.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "Old Newsman Writes: A Letter from Cuba." By-line Ernest Hemingway, edited by William White. Scribner, 2003.

The first theory is that if we make the rich richer, somehow they will let a part of their prosperity trickle down to the rest of us. The second theory...was the theory that if we make the average of mankind comfortable and secure, their prosperity will rise upward, just as yeast rises up, through the ranks.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Economic theory

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Campaign address. 2 Oct. 1932, Detroit, MI, USA.

The Soviet Union, as everybody who has the courage to face the fact knows, is run by a dictatorship as absolute as any other dictatorship in the world.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Soviet Union

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Address to the Delegates of the American Youth Congress. 10 Feb. 1940, Washington, DC, USA.