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Every day, once a day, give yourself a present.

Dale Cooper

Twin Peaks

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Topic

Gifts and presents Self-care

Speaker

Dale Cooper

Actor

Kyle MacLachlan

Source

Twin Peaks

Medium

TV program

Genre

Mystery (TV) Drama (TV) Mystery Drama

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Cooper's Dreams." Twin Peaks, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, season 1, episode 6, Propaganda Films and Spelling Entertainment and Lynch/Frost Productions, 1990.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963 Thanksgiving Day Speech

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Topic

The past The future Tomorrow Clean slate

Speaker

Lyndon B. Johnson

Source

1963 Thanksgiving Day Speech

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Johnson, Lyndon B. Thanksgiving message. 28 Nov. 1963, Washington, DC, USA.

Well, actually, nobody on this planet ever really chooses each other. I mean, it's all a question of quantum physics, molecular attraction, and timing. Why, there are laws we don't understand that bring us together and tear us apart. It's like pheromones. You get three ants together, they can't do dick. You get 300 million of them, they can build a cathedral.

Bull Durham

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Attraction Laws of physics

Speaker

Annie Savoy

Actor

Susan Sarandon

Source

Bull Durham

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports (film) Romantic comedy (film) Sports Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Bull Durham. Directed by Ron Shelton, The Mount Company, 1988.

The destruction of our state governments or the annihilation of their control over the local concerns of the people would lead directly to revolution and anarchy, and finally to despotism and military domination. In proportion, therefore, as the general government encroaches upon the rights of the states, in the same proportion does it impair its own power and detract from its ability to fulfill the purposes of its creation.

Andrew Jackson

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson

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Excessive federal power Federalism American politics

Speaker

Andrew Jackson

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Jackson, Andrew. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Personal growth Wandering Human nature

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Circles Essays: First Series (Emerson)

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Circles." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Circles (1841)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay,
Watchin' the tide roll away,
Ooh, I'm just sittin' on the dock of the bay,
Wastin' time.

Otis Redding

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

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Killing time

Speaker

Otis Redding

Source

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay The Dock of the Bay

Medium

Song

Genre

Soul

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Redding, Otis and Steve Cropper. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Performed by Otis Redding. The Dock of the Bay. Volt Records/Atco Records, 1968.

A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.

John Adams

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Writing

Author

John Adams

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1760 1760s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Adams, John. Diary entry. 14 Nov. 1760.

Science can teach us more about what is out there, but not what is in here.

Life of Pi

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Topic

Limits of science Science

Speaker

Gita Patel

Actor

Tabu

Source

Life of Pi

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Drama (film) Adventure Drama

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Life of Pi. Directed by Ang Lee, Haishang Films/Dune Entertainment/Gil Netter, 2012.

If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.

Florynce Kennedy

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Abortion Oppression of women Women's rights Men and women

Speaker

Florynce Kennedy

Source

Ms. Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kennedy, Florynce. "The Verbal Karate of Florynce R. Kennedy, Esq." Ms. Magazine, Mar. 1973.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Samuel Johnson

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

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London

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1777 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 20 Sept. 1777.

Current Citation

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

Well, I’m on this new diet, it’s very effective. Well, I don’t eat anything and when I feel like I’m about to faint I eat a cube of cheese.

The Devil Wears Prada

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Topic

Diets

Speaker

Emily

Actor

Emily Blunt

Source

The Devil Wears Prada

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Devil Wears Prada. Directed by David Frankel, Fox 2000 Pictures/Wendy Finerman Productions/Dune Entertainment, 2006.

We have stood apart, studiously neutral.

Woodrow Wilson

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World War I

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Third Annual Message." US Congress meeting. 7 Dec. 1915, United States Capitol, Washington, DC, USA.

Every one lives by selling something.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Making a living The human condition

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Across the Plains

Genre

Travel writing Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Across the Plains. London: Chatto & Windus, 1892, ch. 9.

You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

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Topic

Seeking wisdom Downsides of knowledge

Author

Mary Shelley

Source

Frankenstein

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, letter 4.

Current Citation

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text. Penguin Classics, 2018, letter 4.

The joy of love is too short, and the sorrow thereof, and what cometh thereof, dureth over long.

Sir Thomas Mallory

Le Morte d'Arthur

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Downsides of love Love

Author

Sir Thomas Mallory

Source

Le Morte d'Arthur

Language

English

Time

1485 1480s 15th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Malory, Thomas. Le Morte d'Arthur. London: William Caxton, 1485, bk. 10, ch. 56.

Current Citation

Malory, Thomas. Le Morte D'Arthur. Vol. 2, Penguin Classics, 1970, bk. 10, ch. 56.

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells.

Dr. Seuss

Quoted in The Los Angeles Times

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Topic

Nonsense and bullshit

Speaker

Dr. Seuss

Source

The Los Angeles Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Dr. Seuss. Quoted in "Author Isn't Just a Cat in the Hat." Interviewed by Miles Corwin. Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 1983.

Marxism is essentially a product of the bourgeois mind.

Joseph Schumpeter

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

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Marxism Political ideology

Author

Joseph Schumpeter

Source

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

Genre

Economic literature Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Schumpeter, Joseph Alois. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Harper & Brothers, 1942, pt. 1, ch. 1.

The divide of race has been America's constant curse. And each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices... These obsessions cripple both those who hate and of course those who are hated, robbing both of what they might become. We cannot, we will not, succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere. We shall overcome them.

Bill Clinton

Second Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton

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Race relations Prejudice and bias

Speaker

Bill Clinton

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Clinton, William J. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1997, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

It is so crowded and yet so lonely, isn't it?

Gilda

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Topic

Loneliness

Speaker

Uncle Pio

Actor

Steven Geray

Source

Gilda

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Gilda. Directed by Charles Vidor, Columbia Pictures, 1946.

Teddy Roosevelt gave an entire once speech with a bullet lodged in his chest. Some things are a matter of duty.

Junior Soprano

The Sopranos

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Topic

Duty

Speaker

Junior Soprano

Actor

Dominic Chianese

Source

The Sopranos

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

"Another Toothpick." The Sopranos, written by David Chase and Terence Winter, directed by Jack Bender, season 3, episode 5, Chase Films and Home Box Office, 2001.