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Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. Faber & Faber, 1989.

The only unnatural sex act is that which you cannot perform.

Alfred Kinsey

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Kinsey, Alfred. "Essay: The Homosexual in America." Time Magazine, 21 Jan. 1966.

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Beckett, Samuel. "Samuel Beckett Talks About Beckett." Vogue, Dec. 1969.

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Rumsfeld, Donald. Remark at meeting about September 11th attacks. 11 Sept. 2001, Washington, DC, USA.

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Blake, William. "To the Public." Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London, c. 1820.

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Blake, William. "Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

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Einstein, Albert. "The Goal of Human Existence." NBC Broadcast for the United Jewish Appeal. 11 Apr. 1943.

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Einstein, Albert. "The Goal of Human Existence." Out of My Later Years. Philosophical Library, 2015, ch. 51.

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Gay, John. "The Squire and his Cur." Fables. London: John Knapton, Paul Knapton, and T. Cox, 1738, pt. 2, I. 27.

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Wellesley, Arthur. Letter from the field of Waterloo. June 1815.

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Marshall, Thurgood. "Fighting Back: 1957-1962." Eyes on the Prize, created by Henry Hampton, performances by Thurgood Marshall, season 1, episode 2, Blackside, 1987.

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Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 1, ch. 5, sect. 8.

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Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 5, sect. 8.

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Huxley, Aldous. Point Counter Point. Chatto & Windus/Doubleday Doran, 1928, ch. 1.

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Into the Wild. Directed by Sean Penn, Paramount Vantage/River Road Entertainment/Square One C.I.H./Linson Film, 2007.

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American History X. Directed by Tony Kaye, New Line Cinemas/The Turman-Morrissey Company, 1998.

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Johnson, Lyndon B. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1965, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Keynes, John Maynard. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Self-published, 1919, ch. 6.

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Keynes, John Maynard. "The Economic Consequences of the Peace." The Essential Keynes, edited by Robert Skidelsky. Penguin, 2016, ch. 6.

Beauty's but skin deep.

John Davies of Hereford

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Davies, John. A Select Second Husband for Sir Thomas Overburie's Wife. London: John Marriott, 1616, st. 13.

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Field of Dreams. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson, Gordon Company, 1989.

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Colton, Charles Caleb. Lacon: Or Many Things In Few Words Addressed To Those Who Think. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820.

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Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

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Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

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Buchanan, James. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1857, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.