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That voice, the one that tells you you're worthless and stupid and ugly…it goes away, right?

Bojack Horseman

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Topic

Self-hatred Self-doubt Self-criticism Self-esteem

Speaker

Hollyhock

Actor

Aparna Nancherla

Source

Bojack Horseman

Medium

TV program

Genre

Drama (TV) Comedy (TV) Drama Comedy

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"Stupid Piece of Sh*t." BoJack Horseman, written by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Alison Tafel, directed by Anne Walker Farrell, season 4, episode 6, ShadowMachine and Tornante Company, 2017.

When guys cheat, it’s like we want something new. But then you know what happens? Your woman finds out, and now she’s new. She is never the same again.

Chris Rock

Tamborine

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Topic

Infidelity Men and women

Speaker

Chris Rock

Source

Tamborine

Medium

Standup comedy

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

2018 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Tamborine. Netflix, 14 Feb. 2018.

But if you want true love, then this is it. This is real life. It's not perfect but it's real.

Before Midnight

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Topic

True love Nature of love Love

Speaker

Jesse

Actor

Ethan Hawke

Source

Before Midnight

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Drama (film) Romantic drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

We headed home holding hands. For a moment I dropped back to watch him walk. His sailor's gait always touched me. I knew one day I would stop and he would keep on going, but until then nothing could tear us apart.

Patti Smith

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Topic

Admiring another person Lost love Melancholy

Author

Patti Smith

Source

Just Kids

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Smith, Patti. Just Kids. Ecco, 2010.

There's no eternity to the things we can touch. My master used to say, there's nothing we can hold onto in this world. Only by letting go can we finally possess what is real.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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Topic

Letting go Impermanence

Speaker

Master Li Mu Bai

Actor

Chow Yun-fat

Source

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Medium

Film

Genre

Martial arts (film) Fantasy (film) Martial arts Fantasy

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Directed by Ang Lee, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia/Good Machine International/Edko Films/Zoom Hunt Productions/China Film Co-production Corp./Asia Union Film & Entertainment, 2000.

No matter how honestly you open up to someone, there are still some things you can’t reveal.

Haruki Murakami

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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Topic

Vulnerability Intimacy Connecting with others

Author

Haruki Murakami

Source

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Medium

Novel

Language

Japanese

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Murakami, Haruki. 色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年 [Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage]. Bungeishunju, 2013.

Doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Perfectionism Expectations Accepting others Self-acceptance

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 14.

You must pay for everything in this world, one way or another. There is nothin' free except the grace of God.

True Grit

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Topic

No free lunch

Speaker

40-Year-Old Mattie Ross

Actor

Elizabeth Marvel

Source

True Grit

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

True Grit. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Skydance Productions/Mike Zoss Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2010.

In many a piece of music, it's the pause or the rest that gives the piece its beauty and its shape.

Pico Iyer

The Art of Stillness

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Topic

Music

Author

Pico Iyer

Source

The Art of Stillness

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Iyer, Pico. The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere. Simon & Schuster/TED Books, 2014, ch. 5. Originally a TED Talk, 2013.

It’s just like our life, we appear and we disappear. We are so important to some, but we are just…passing through.

Before Midnight

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Topic

Nature of life Life The human condition

Speaker

Natalia

Actor

Xenia Kalogeropoulou

Source

Before Midnight

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Drama (film) Romantic drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

If I could change one thing about you, it would be for you to stop trying to change me.

Before Midnight

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Topic

Changing others

Speaker

Jesse

Actor

Ethan Hawke

Source

Before Midnight

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Drama (film) Romantic drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

You know, I'm automatically attracted to beautiful-I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything...Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything.

Donald Trump

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Topic

American politics

Speaker

Donald Trump

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Trump, Donald. Recorded remarks to Billy Bush on Access Hollywood television program. Sept. 2005, Burbank, CA, USA.

The idea of knowing exactly where you're going is overrated.

Sarah Sze

The New Yorker

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Topic

Journey vs. destination Wandering Exploration

Speaker

Sarah Sze

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sze, Sarah. "A Million Little Pieces." Interviewed by Andrea K. Scott. The New Yorker, 7 May 2012.

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

Douglas Adams

The Salmon of Doubt

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Topic

Deadlines Procrastination Writer's block

Author

Douglas Adams

Source

The Salmon of Doubt

Medium

Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Adams, Douglas. Quoted in "Lament for Douglas Adams," by Richard Dawkins. The Guardian, 13 May 2001.

Current Citation

Adams, Douglas. Quoted in The Salmon of Doubt, written by Richard Dawkins, edited by Peter Guzzardi. William Heinemann/Pocket Books, 2002, epilogue.

I don’t need another friend, I already have two.

Freaks and Geeks

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Topic

Friends

Speaker

Sam Weir

Actor

John Francis Daley

Source

Freaks and Geeks

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Drama (TV) Comedy Drama

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

"Girlfriends and Boyfriends." Freaks and Geeks, written by Paul Feig and Patty Lin, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, season 1, episode 8, Apatow Productions and DreamWorks Television, 2000.

Don't live the same year 75 times and call it a life.

Robin Sharma

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Topic

Taking risks

Author

Robin Sharma

Medium

Tweet

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Sharma, Robin [@RobinSharma]. "Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life." Twitter, 30 Mar. 2014, https://twitter.com/robinsharma/status/450120262076203011.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years go on.

Steve Jobs

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Topic

Doing what you love Vocation Work

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.

Love is holy because it is like grace-the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.

Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Marilynne Robinson

Source

Gilead

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.

I had to be at that there crossroads last midnight, to sell my soul to the devil.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Topic

The soul Devil's bargain

Speaker

Tommy Johnson

Actor

Chris Thomas King

Source

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

O Brother, Where Art Thou? Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Touchstone Pictures/Universal Pictures/StudioCanal/Working Title Films/Blind Bard Pictures, 2000.

I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them. I believe that is an absolute necessity.

Whiplash

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Topic

Motivation

Speaker

Fletcher

Actor

J. K. Simmons

Source

Whiplash

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological drama (film) Drama (film) Psychological drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Whiplash. Directed by Damien Chazelle, Blumhouse Productions/Right of Way Films/Bold Films, 2014.