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Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant,
The only harmless great thing.

John Donne

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Elephants Animals

Author

John Donne

Source

The Progress of the Soul Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1633 1630s 17th century

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Original Citation

Donne, John. "The Progress of the Soul." Poems. London: John Marriot, 1633, st. 39.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "The Progress of the Soul. Metempsychosis." John Donne: The Major Works, edited by John Carey. Oxford University Press, 2009, st. 39.

Take your stinking hands off me, you damn dirty human!

Planet of the Apes

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Speaker

Attar

Actor

Michael Clarke Duncan

Source

Planet of the Apes

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Science fiction

Statement Type

Irony Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Planet of the Apes. Directed by Tim Burton, 20th Century Fox/The Zanuck Company, 2001.

A joke worth laughing at always has an idea behind it, and usually a subversive idea.

George Orwell

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Topic

Jokes Power of humor

Author

George Orwell

Source

Charles Dickins Inside the Whale and Other Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Orwell, George. "Charles Dickens." Inside the Whale and Other Essays. Victor Gollancz, 1940, pt. 6.

I don't like violence, Tom. I'm a businessman. Blood is a big expense.

The Godfather

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Topic

The mafia Business

Speaker

Sollozzo

Actor

Al Lettieri

Source

The Godfather

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Citation

The Godfather. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures/Alfran Productions, 1972.

Amazing love! How can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

Charles Wesley

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Topic

God and man Salvation

Author

Charles Wesley

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

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Citation

Wesley, Charles. "Free Grace." Hymns and Sacred Poems. London: Strahan, 1739.

Different interests necessarily exist in different classes of citizens. If a majority be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure.

James Madison

Federalist 51

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Minority rights Political faction Political theory Politics

Author

James Madison

Source

Federalist 51 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 51, The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments." New York Packet, 8 Feb. 1788.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 51: How to maintain: make the parts check each other. Also, a federal system divides power further.--Madison (or Hamilton)." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Thomas Edison

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Topic

Hard work Work

Author

Thomas Edison

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Edison, Thomas A. Quoted in Thomas A. Edison: The Authentic Life Story of the World's Greatest Inventor, written by Francis Miller. Stanley Paul, 1932.

I believe in fairies.

Hook

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Topic

Fairies

Speaker

Peter Banning

Actor

Robin Williams

Source

Hook

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Adventure

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hook. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1991.

I can't remember to forget you.

Memento

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Topic

Getting over someone Memory

Speaker

Leonard

Actor

Guy Pearce

Source

Memento

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Thriller (film) Thriller

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Memento. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Summit Entertainment/Team Todd, 2000.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with the other nations of the earth, and we must behave as be seems a people with such responsibilities.

Theodore Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

Internationalism American foreign policy American power America and the world

Speaker

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1905, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

Thomas Carlyle

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Nature of history History

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

On History

Medium

Essay

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "On History." Fraser's Magazine, 1830.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "On History." The Works of Thomas Carlyle, edited by Henry Duff Traill. Vol. 27, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

I don’t like my job and I don’t think I’m gonna go anymore.

Office Space

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Topic

Shitty jobs Over it Work

Speaker

Peter Gibbons

Actor

Ron Livingston

Source

Office Space

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Office Space. Directed by Mike Judge, Judgemental Films, 1999.

I'm going to take a pillowcase and fill it full of bars of soap and beat the shit out of you!

Step Brothers

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Topic

Beating someone up

Speaker

Brennan Huff

Actor

Will Ferrell

Source

Step Brothers

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Threat

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Step Brothers. Directed by Adam McKay, Columbia Pictures/Relativity Media/The Apatow Company/Mosaic Media Group/Gary Sanchez Productions, 2008.

You know, I think you gotta be a little deluded
to stay motivated.

Before Midnight

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Topic

Delusion Motivation

Speaker

Jesse

Actor

Ethan Hawke

Source

Before Midnight

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Drama (film) Romantic drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty.

John Keats

Annals of the Fine Arts for 1819

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Beauty Truth

Author

John Keats

Source

Ode on a Grecian Urn Annals of the Fine Arts for 1819

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Keats, John, [published anonymously]. "Ode on a Grecian Urn." Annals of the Fine Arts for 1819. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1820.

Current Citation

Keats, John. "Ode on a Grecian Urn." John Keats: The Major Works, edited by Elizabeth Cook. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Money is the necessity that frees us from necessity.

W.H. Auden

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Financial freedom Money Freedom

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

A Poet of the Actual Forewords and Afterwords

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "A Poet of the Actual." Forewords and Afterwords. Random House/Faber and Faber, 1973.

He was a man
Of an unbounded stomach.

William Shakespeare

Henry VIII

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Appetite

Speaker

Queen Katherine

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Henry VIII

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1613 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William and John Fletcher. Henry VIII. King's Men, 1613, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Henry the Eighth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblattet al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 2.

Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Land of opportunity American Dream Social mobility

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Speech to the 148th Ohio Regiment

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech to the 148th Ohio Regiment." 31 Aug. 1864, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech to 148th Ohio Regiment, Washington, D.C, August 31, 1864." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

Adventure is out there!

Up

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Adventure

Speaker

Young Ellie

Actor

Elie Docter

Source

Up

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Animation

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Up. Directed by Pete Docter. Pixar Animation Studios/Pixar Animation Studios, 2009.

I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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Topic

American Presidency

Author

William Tecumseh Sherman

Medium

Telegram

Language

English

Time

1884 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Sherman, William Tecumseh. Telegram to General Henderson. 1884.