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Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.

William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing

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Topic

Flaws of men Nature of men Men and women Infidelity Relationships

Speaker

Balthasar

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Much Ado About Nothing

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1600 1600s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing. London: Andrew Wise and William Aspley, 1600, act 2, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Much Ado About Nothing." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 3.

Relationships: easy to get into, hard to maintain. Why are they so hard to maintain? Cause it’s hard to keep up the lie. 'Cause you can't get nobody being you. You got to lie to get somebody. You can't get nobody lookin' like you look, actin' like you act, soundin' like you sound. That's right, when you meet somebody for the first time, you're not meeting them. You're meeting their representative!

Chris Rock

Bigger & Blacker

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Topic

Courtship and dating Relationships

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bigger & Blacker

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rock, Chris. Bigger & Blacker. HBO, 10 July 1999.

I don't have a girlfriend, I just know a girl who would get really mad if she heard me say that.

Mitch Hedberg

Comedy Central Presents

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Topic

Being single Relationships

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Comedy Central Presents

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hedberg, Mitch. Comedy Central Presents. Comedy Central, 5 Jan. 1999.

Experience shows us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Topic

Nature of love Love Relationships

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Source

Wind, Sand and Stars

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Terre des hommes [Wind, Sand and Stars]. Gallimard, 1939.

We need in love to practice only this:
Letting each other go. For holding on
Comes easily; we do not need to learn it.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Topic

Relationships Letting go

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

German

Time

1909 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Requiem fur eine Freundin [Requiem for a Friend]. c. 1908.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. "Requiem for a Friend." The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell. Vintage, 1989.

You make me want to be a better man.

As Good As It Gets

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Topic

Self-improvement Relationships

Speaker

Melvin Udhall

Actor

Jack Nicholson

Source

As Good As It Gets

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

As Good As It Gets. Directed by James L. Brooks, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films, 1997.

When two people take each other on terms of perfect equality, without the desire of one to control the other, to make the other subservient, it is a beautiful thing. It is the truest and highest state of life.

Susan B. Anthony

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Topic

Women's equality Men and women Relationships

Speaker

Susan B. Anthony

Source

New York World

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Anthony, Susan B. “Champion of Her Sex.” Interviewed by Nellie Bly. New York World, 2 Feb. 1896.

Current Citation

Anthony, Susan B. “Champion of Her Sex.” The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: An Awful Hush 1895 to 1906, edited by Ann D. Gordon. Vol. 6, Rutgers University Press, 2013.

Women always ready to settle down. Shit, a woman goes on four good dates, she's like "Why are we bullshittin'? What are you waiting for?" Men—never ready to settle down. Men don't settle down. We surrender.

Chris Rock

Bring the Pain

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Topic

Gender relations Men and women Relationships

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Bring the Pain

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

I can settle down and be doin' just fine
Till I hear an old freight rollin' down the line,
Then I hurry straight home and pack
And if I didn't go, I believe I'd blow my stack
I love you baby, but you gotta understand
When the Lord made me he made a ramblin' man.

Hank Williams

Ramblin' Man

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Topic

Wanderlust Commitment (relationships) Relationships

Speaker

Hank Williams

Source

Ramblin' Man

Medium

Song

Genre

Country music

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Williams, Hank. Ramblin' Man. MGM Records, 1951.

My beloved is mine, and I am his.

Song of Solomon 2:16

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Topic

Devotion Love Relationships

Source

Song of Solomon The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

965 BC 960s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 2:16).

The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

Genesis 2:18

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Topic

Adam and Eve Men and women Relationships

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Genesis 2:18).

I am convinced that a person doesn't only love himself in others, he also hates himself in others.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Topic

Relationships

Author

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Medium

Personal journal

Language

German

Time

1779 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph. Journal "F." c. 1779.

Current Citation

Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph. "Notebook F 1776-1779." The Waste Books, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. NYRB Classics, 2000.

Everybody needs a co-pilot.

Up in the Air

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Topic

Relationships Man as social animal

Speaker

Ryan Bingham

Actor

George Clooney

Source

Up in the Air

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

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Topic

Soulmates The soul Love Connecting with others Relationships

Speaker

Catherine Earnshaw

Author

Emily Brontë

Source

Wuthering Heights

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Brontë, Emily, [published as Ellis Bell]. Wuthering Heights. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights, edited by Alexandra Lewis. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, ch. 9.

I said "biiiitch"…

Key & Peele

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Topic

Conflict in relationships Relationships Gender relations Men and women

Speaker

Craig

Actor

Jordan Peele

Source

Key & Peele

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sketch comedy Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Bitch." Key and Peele, written by Jordan Peele and Sean Conroy and Rebecca Drysdale, directed by Peter Atencio, season 1, episode 1, Cindylou and Martel & Roberts Productions, 2012.

Jerry, this woman hates me so much, I’m starting to like her.

George Costanza

Seinfeld

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Topic

Dysfunctional relationships Relationships Hating men Men and women

Speaker

George Costanza

Actor

Jason Alexander

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Masseuse." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Peter Mehlman, directed by Tom Cherones, season 5, episode 9, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1993.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

George Eliot

Daniel Deronda

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Topic

Sense of humor Relationships

Author

George Eliot

Source

Daniel Deronda

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1876 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Eliot, George. Daniel Deronda. London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1876, bk. 2, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Eliot, George. Daniel Deronda. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 2, ch. 15.

He is the half part of a blessèd man,
Left to be finishèd by such as she,
And she a fair divided excellence,
Whose fullness of perfection lies in him.

William Shakespeare

The Life and Death of King John

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Topic

Relationships Men and women

Speaker

First Citizen

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Life and Death of King John

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Life and Death of King John." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 1.

Current Citation

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

That's when you know you've found somebody really special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably share silence.

Pulp Fiction

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Topic

Comfortable silence Silence Relationships

Speaker

Mia Wallace

Actor

Uma Thurman

Source

Pulp Fiction

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pulp Fiction. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart/Jersey Films, 1994.

If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another...upon familiarity will grow more content.

William Shakespeare

The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Topic

Familiarity breeds contempt Fading love Relationship challenges Relationships Marriage

Speaker

Slender

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1602 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. London: Arthur Johnson, 1602, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Merry Wives of Windsor." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 1.