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We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.

George W. Bush

Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush

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Spread of freedom and democracy American foreign policy Political theory

Speaker

George W. Bush

Source

Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Bush, George W. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2005, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Fish aren't meant to be in a box, kid. It does things to ya.

Finding Nemo

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Confinement

Speaker

Gill

Actor

Willem Dafoe

Source

Finding Nemo

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Animation

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Finding Nemo. Directed by Andrew Stanton, Pixar Animation Studios/ Walt Disney Pictures, 2003.

The true artist is a man who believes absolutely in himself, because he is absolutely himself.

Oscar Wilde

Fortnightly Review

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Artistic vision Authenticity Personal integrity Artists Art

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Soul of Man Under Socialism Fortnightly Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." Fortnightly Review. London: Chapman and Hall, Feb. 1891.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose, edited by Linda Dowling. Penguin Classics, 2001.

As the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of sovereignty which they before had, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to the United States.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 32

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Federalism American politics

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Federalist 32 The Federalist Papers

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Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 32: The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation." Daily Advertiser, 3 Jan. 1788.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 32: States will have concurrent power to tax.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together, we survive.

Gladiator

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Teamwork Survival

Speaker

Maximus Decimus Meridius

Actor

Russell Crowe

Source

Gladiator

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Gladiator. Directed by Ridley Scott. DreamWorks Pictures/ Scott Free Productions/Universal Pictures/Red Wagon Entertainment, 2000.

For the good old American life: for the money, for the glory, and for the fun...mostly for the money.

Smokey and the Bandit

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American ideals

Speaker

Bandit

Actor

Burt Reynolds

Source

Smokey and the Bandit

Medium

Film

Genre

Road movie Action comedy (film) Action comedy

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Smokey and the Bandit. Directed by Hal Needham, Rastar, 1977.

I thought our relationship was perfectly clear. You are an escape. You're a break from our normal lives. You're a parenthesis.

Up in the Air

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Affairs Unrequited love

Speaker

Alex Goran

Actor

Vera Farmiga

Source

Up in the Air

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Up in the Air. Directed by Jason Reitman, DreamWorks Pictures/The Montecito Picture Company/Cold Spring Pictures/Rickshaw Productions/Right of Way Films, 2009.

If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

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Invincibility

Speaker

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Actor

Alec Guinness

Source

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1977.

I love her. She breaks my heart again and again, but I love her.

Reality Bites

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Hopelessly in love Being in love Love

Speaker

Troy Dyer

Actor

Ethan Hawke

Source

Reality Bites

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Reality Bites. Directed by Ben Stiller, Jersey Films, 1994.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

Helen Keller

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Contentment

Author

Helen Keller

Source

The Story of My Life Ladies' Home Journal

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

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Keller, Helen. "The Story of My Life." Ladies' Home Journal, 1902.

Current Citation

Keller, Helen. The Story of My Life. Signet, 2010, ch. 22.

Every law is contrary to liberty.

Jeremy Bentham

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Law Freedom

Author

Jeremy Bentham

Source

Principles of the Civil Code The Works of Jeremy Bentham

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Bentham, Jeremy, "Principles of the Civil Code." The Works of Jeremy Bentham, edited by John Bowring. Vol. 1, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1843.

The blizzard doesn't last forever; it just seems so.

Ray Bradbury

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Things get better Perseverance

Author

Ray Bradbury

Source

Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life

Statement Type

Encouragement

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Bradbury, Ray. Quoted in Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life, edited by Barnaby Conrad and Monte Schultz. Writer's Digest Books, 2002.

I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart the last Thursday in November next as a day which I desire to be observed by all my fellow citizens wherever they may then be as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to Almighty God the beneficent Creator and Ruler of the Universe. And I do farther recommend to my fellow citizens aforesaid that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust and from thence offer up penitent and fervent prayers and supplications to the Great Disposer of events for a turn of the inestimable blessings of Peace, Union and Harmony throughout the land, which it has pleased him to assign as a dwelling place for ourselves and for our posterity throughout all generations.

Abraham Lincoln

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Thanksgiving Holidays

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Proclamation of Thanksgiving

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Proclamation of Thanksgiving." 20 Oct. 1864.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Proclamation of Thanksgiving, October 20, 1864." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.

W.H. Auden

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Judgment Wisdom

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

The Dyer's Hand

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Auden, W. H. "Writing." The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays. Random House, 1962.

I hate flossing, I just wish I had one long curvy tooth. It didn't need to be split up.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Personal care

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Purpose of the university

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Benjamin Disraeli

Source

Speeches of Benjamin Disraeli

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1873 1870s 19th century

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Disraeli, Benjamin. Adjourned debate on Bill 55. House of Commons. 11 Mar. 1873, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

Ain't a hard time been invented that I cannot handle.

Heat

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Hard times Resilience

Speaker

Donald Breedan

Actor

Dennis Haysbert

Source

Heat

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Heat. Directed by Michael Mann, Regency Enterprises/Forward Pass, 1995.

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

Ernest Hemingway

Death in the Afternoon

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Moral theory

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

Death in the Afternoon

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. Death in the Afternoon. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932, ch. 1.

I believe in the forest, and in the meadow, and in the night in which the corn grows.

Henry David Thoreau

Walking (Thoreau)

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Nature

Speaker

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Walking (Thoreau)

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." 23 Apr. 1851, Concord Lyceum, Concord, MA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Walking." Civil Disobedience and Other Essays. Dover Publications, 1993.

Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who shows me the least bit of attention?

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Self-sabotage Falling in love Relationships

Speaker

Joel Barish

Actor

Jim Carrey

Source

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Science fiction (film) Romantic drama Science fiction

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Directed by Michel Gondry, Anonymous Content/This Is That, 2004.