1972

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1 of 42

The more money an American accumulates the less interesting he himself becomes.

Gore Vidal

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Topic

Accumulation of wealth Downsides of wealth

Author

Gore Vidal

Source

H. Hughes The New York Review of Books

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Vidal, Gore. "H. Hughes." The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 1972.

2 of 42

What's the matter, boy? I bet you can squeal. I bet you can squeal like a pig. Let's squeal. Squeal now. Squeal.

Deliverance

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Topic

Humiliation Power moves

Speaker

Mountain Man

Actor

Bill McKinney 

Source

Deliverance

Medium

Film

Genre

Survival (film) Thriller (film) Thriller Survival

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Deliverance. Directed by John Boorman, Elmer Enterprises, 1972.

3 of 42

The pain of grief is just as much a part of life as the joy of love; it is, perhaps, the price we pay for love, the cost of commitment.

Colin Murray Parkes

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Topic

Grief Sadness Yin and yang

Author

Colin Murray Parkes

Source

Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life.

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Parkes, Colin Murray. Bereavement: Studies of Grief in Adult Life. International Universities Press, 1972.

4 of 42

The astonishing thing is not that so many of us went to concentration camps or died there, but that some us survived. Caution did not help. Only chance could save you.

Nadezhda Mandelstam

Hope Abandoned

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Topic

The gulag Soviet Union

Author

Nadezhda Mandelstam

Source

Hope Abandoned

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

Russian

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mandelstam, Nadezhda. Hope Abandoned. Collins & Harvill Press/Atheneum Books, ch. 6.

5 of 42

While classes exist no one is free.
We are not born to be slaves or to be masters.
We are born to be brothers and sisters.
What is capitalism but buying and selling of people?

Ernesto Cardenal

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Topic

Class conflict Power relations Equality Brotherhood Social hierarchy

Author

Ernesto Cardenal

Source

Canto Nacional

Medium

Poem

Genre

Political literature

Language

Spanish

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Cardenal, Ernesto. Canto nacional. Ediciones Carlos Loblé, 1973.

6 of 42

The only substitute for an experience we ourselves have never lived through is art, literature.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Nobel Prize Lecture

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Topic

Power of art Power of literature

Author

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Source

Nobel Prize Lecture

Medium

Speech

Language

Russian

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. Nobel Lecture in Literature. 1970, Swedish Academy, Stockholm, Sweden.

7 of 42

How did things ever get so far? I don't know.

Don Vito Corleone

The Godfather

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Topic

Cycle of violence

Speaker

Don Vito Corleone

Actor

Marlon Brando

Source

The Godfather

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

8 of 42

Never tell anyone outside the family what you're thinking again.

Don Vito Corleone

The Godfather

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Topic

Loyalty to family Family

Speaker

Don Vito Corleone

Actor

Marlon Brando

Source

The Godfather

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

9 of 42

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive but there's less of you.

Margaret Atwood

Surfacing

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Topic

Divorce Broken relationships Relationships Marriage

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

Surfacing

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. McClelland and Stewart, 1972, ch. 5.

10 of 42

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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

11 of 42

You’ll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that.

Roald Dahl

Quoted in Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

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Topic

Hypothetical situations

Speaker

Willy Wonka

Author

Roald Dahl

Source

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Medium

Novel

Genre

Children's literature

Statement Type

Warning

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

12 of 42

Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.

Harry Truman

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Topic

Government secrets Political theory Democracy

Speaker

Harry Truman

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Truman, Harry S. Quoted in Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, by Merle Miller. Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1973. Originally spoken about the CIA, c. 1972.

13 of 42

Them Sicilians are famous for two things: Spaghetti and revenge.

Archie Bunker

All in the Family

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Topic

Sicily

Speaker

Archie Bunker

Source

All in the Family

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

"Archie Sees a Mugging." All in the Family, written by Norman Lear and Phil Mishkin and Don Nicholl, directed by John Rich, season 2, episode 18, Tandem Productions, 1972.

14 of 42

Anybody that goes to see a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined!

Archie Bunker

All in the Family

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Topic

Psychiatry Therapy

Speaker

Archie Bunker

Source

All in the Family

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

"Edith Flips Her Wig." All in the Family, written by Norman Lear and Sam Locke and Olga Vallance, directed by Hal Cooper, season 3, episode 6, Tandem Productions, 1972.

15 of 42

America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.

John Updike

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Topic

America

Author

John Updike

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Updike, John. "How to Love America and Leave It at the Same Time." The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 1972.

Current Citation

Updike, John. "How to Love America and Leave It at the Same Time." Problems and Other Stories. Knopf, 1979.

16 of 42

Get in the car. What are you worried about? If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead already. Get in.

The Godfather

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Topic

Kidnapping

Speaker

Sollozzo

Actor

Al Lettieri

Source

The Godfather

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

17 of 42

The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.

Wole Soyinka

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Topic

Political courage Tyranny

Author

Wole Soyinka

Source

The Man Died: Prison Notes

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Soyinka, Wole. "A Letter to Compatriots." The Man Died: Prison Notes. Harper & Row/Rex Collings Limited, 1972.

18 of 42

My feelings are too intense. I hate bitterly, I love too exaltingly, I pity to extravagantly, I hurt too painfully. We American blacks call that "soul."

Chester Himes

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Topic

Black experience

Author

Chester Himes

Source

The Quality of Hurt

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Himes, Chester. The Quality of Hurt: The Autobiography of Chester Himes. Vol. 1, Doubleday, 1972.

19 of 42

You talk about vengeance. Is vengeance going to bring your son back to you or my boy to me?

Don Vito Corleone

The Godfather

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Topic

Revenge Cycle of violence

Speaker

Don Vito Corleone

Actor

Marlon Brando

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.

20 of 42

Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.

The Godfather

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Topic

Death

Speaker

Peter Clemenza

Actor

Richard Castellano

Source

The Godfather

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Statement Type

Euphemism

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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