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Baghdad is safe, protected. There are no American infidels in Baghdad.

Mohammed al-Sahhaf

From a press briefing during the 2003 American invasion of Iraq.

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Topic

Iraq War

Speaker

Mohammed al-Sahhaf

Medium

Press conference

Statement Type

Lies Propaganda

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Al-Sahhaf, Mohammed. Quoted in Sunday Telegraph. 13 Apr. 2003. Originally a press conference. c. 7 Apr. 2003, Baghdad, Iraq.

I don't know where I'm going but I'll get there on time.

Robert Rauschenberg

Quoted in The New Yorker

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Topic

Journey vs. destination

Speaker

Robert Rauschenberg

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Zen koan

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rauschenberg, Robert. "Everything in Sight: Robert Rauschenberg's New Life." Interviewed by Calvin Tompkins. The New Yorker, 23 May 2005, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/05/23/everything-in-sight.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Steve Jobs

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Topic

Following your heart Taking risks Death

Speaker

Steve Jobs

Source

2005 Stanford commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jobs, Steve. Stanford Commencement Address. 12 June 2005, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you.

Taken

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Speaker

Bryan Mills

Actor

Liam Neeson

Source

Taken

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Thriller (film) Action Thriller

Statement Type

Threat

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Taken. Directed by Pierre Morel, EuropaCorp/M6 Films/Grive Productions/Canal+ TPS Star/M6, 2008.

Summer romances end for all kinds of reasons, but when all is said and done, they have one thing in common. They are shooting stars, a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, a fleeting glimpse of eternity, and in a flash they're gone.

The Notebook

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Topic

Summer love Flings Falling in love

Speaker

Duke

Actor

James Garner

Source

The Notebook

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Notebook. Directed by Nick Cassavetes, Gran Via, 2004.

Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is a part of that jewel, a facet of that jewel. And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal. We are intimately related.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all people The world

Speaker

Fred Rogers

Source

2002 Dartmouth commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

The greatness of art, like poetry or music, is that it is totally unnecessary.

Christo

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Topic

Art for art's sake Art

Author

Christo

Source

D Magazine

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Christo. "Interview: Christo On the Freedom of Unnecessary Art." Interviewed by Peter Simek. D Magazine, 24 Feb. 2011.

As we know, there are known knowns-there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns-that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Topic

The unknown Epistemology Knowledge American politics

Speaker

Donald Rumsfeld

Medium

Press conference

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Rumsfeld, Donald. Department of Defense news briefing. 12 Feb. 2002, Pentagon, Washington, DC, USA.

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.

Louise Erdrich

The Painted Drum

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Topic

Vulnerability Taking risks

Author

Louise Erdrich

Source

The Painted Drum

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Erdrich, Louise. The Painted Drum. Harper, 2005.

If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it.

Beyonce

Single Ladies

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Topic

Commitment (relationships) Marriage Men and women

Speaker

Beyonce

Source

Single Ladies

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Beyonce. "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)." Cowritten with Terius Nash and Thaddis Harrell and Christopher Stewart. Performed by Beyonce. I Am... Sasha Fierce. Columbia Records, 2008.

I'm feeling pretty good. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.

Larry David

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Topic

Feeling good Contentment

Speaker

Larry David

Actor

Larry David

Source

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV)

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Thong." Curb Your Enthusiasm, written by Larry David, directed by Jeff Garlin, season 2, episode 5, Home Box Office, 2001.

I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of not trying.

Jay-Z

Beach Chair

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Topic

Fear

Speaker

Jay-Z

Source

Beach Chair Kingdom Come

Medium

Song

Genre

Hip-hop

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jay-Z and Chris Martin. "Beach Chair." Kingdom Come. Roc-A-Fella Records/Def Jam Recordings, 2006.

If an institution is too big to fail, then it is too big to exist.

Bernie Sanders

On bailouts, in the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis.

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Topic

2008 Financial Crisis

Author

Bernie Sanders

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Sanders, Bernie. News release. 18 Sept. 2008.

I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And... I was... Really-I was alive.

Walter White

Breaking Bad

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Topic

Doing what you love Selling drugs

Speaker

Walter White

Actor

Bryan Cranston

Source

Breaking Bad

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Felina." Breaking Bad, written by Vince Gilligan, directed by Vince Gilligan, season 5, episode 16, High Bridge Productions and Gran Via Productions, 2013.

I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters.

Donald Trump

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Topic

American politics

Speaker

Donald Trump

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2016 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Trump, Donald. Speech at campaign rally. 23 Jan. 2016, Dordt University, Sioux Center, IA, USA.

You play to win the game.

Herm Edwards

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Topic

Sports Winning Competition

Speaker

Herm Edwards

Medium

Press conference

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Edwards, Herm. Spoken during New York Jets press conference. 30 Oct. 2002, Hempstead, NY, USA.

She was seventy-five and she was going to make some changes in her life.

Jonathan Franzen

The Corrections

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Topic

Never too late Personal growth Old age

Author

Jonathan Franzen

Source

The Corrections

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Franzen, Jonathan. The Corrections. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2001.

Men have nice cars. Not cause they like nice cars. Because they know women like nice cars. That’s how it goes. Cause men are hunters. And the car is the bait. And a woman comes up and says: “Ooh, nice Porsche.” “Gotcha, bitch!”

Dave Chappelle

Killin' Them Softly

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Topic

Pursuing women

Speaker

Dave Chappelle

Source

Killin' Them Softly

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Chappelle, Dave. Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly. HBO, 26 July 2000.

These men and women...ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.

Anthony Kennedy

Obergefell v. Hodges

On same-sex marriage.

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Topic

Same sex marriage Marriage Constitutional law Gay rights Equal rights American politics

Author

Anthony Kennedy

Source

Obergefell v. Hodges

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Kennedy, Anthony. United States, Supreme Court. Obergefell v. Hodges. United States Reports, vol. 576, 26 June 2015, no. 14-556, pp. 644-742. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/576/14-556/.

When you consider that God could have commanded anything he wanted-anything!-the Ten have got to rank as one of the great missed moral opportunities of all time. How different history would have been had he clearly and unmistakably forbidden war, tyranny, taking over other people's countries, slavery, exploitation of workers, cruelty to children, wife-beating, stoning, treating women-or anyone-as chattel or inferior beings.

Katha Pollitt

Stacked Decalogue

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Topic

The Ten Commandments

Author

Katha Pollitt

Source

Stacked Decalogue The Nation

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pollitt, Katha. "Stacked Decalogue." The Nation, 4 Sept. 2003.