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You seek a great fortune, you three who are now in chains. You will find a fortune, though it will not be the fortune you seek. But first...first you must travel a long and difficult road, a road fraught with peril. Mm-hmm. You shall see thangs, wonderful to tell. You shall see a... a cow...on the roof of a cotton house, ha. And, oh, so many startlements. I cannot tell ya how long this road shall be, but fear not the obstacles in your path, for fate has vouchsafed your reward. Though the road may wind, yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye follow them, even unto your salvation.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Topic

Quest

Speaker

Blind Seer

Actor

Lee Weaver

Source

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

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.

Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person... Think of the ripple effect that can be created when we nourish someone. One kind empathetic word has a wonderful way of turning into many.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Supporting others Kindness Butterfly effect Interconnectedness of all people Support

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. 185.

Let me tell you something about these tattoos, okay. That is Buddhist, that is Nordic, that is Hindu, that's just gibberish. They are completely conflicting ideologies, and that does not make you a citizen of the world, it makes you full of shit!

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

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Topic

Tattoos

Speaker

Sarah Marshall

Actor

Kristen Bell

Source

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Directed by Nick Stoller, Apatow Productions, 2008.

I believe the common denominator of the universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility, and murder.

Grizzly Man

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Topic

Nature of the universe The universe Cruel world

Speaker

Werner Herzog

Source

Grizzly Man

Medium

Film

Genre

Documentary (film)

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Grizzly Man. Directed by Werner Herzog, Discovery Docs/Real Big Production, 2005.

I have several walls in several rooms of my house covered with the snowstorm of rejections, but they didn't realize what a strong person I was, I persevered and wrote a thousand more dreadful short stories, which were rejected in turn.

Ray Bradbury

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Topic

Rejection Writing Perseverance

Author

Ray Bradbury

Source

Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life

Statement Type

Irony Joke

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bradbury, Ray. Quoted in Snoopy's Guide to the Writing Life, edited by Barnaby Conrad and Monte Schultz. Writer's Digest Books, 2002.

The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Danger of a Single Story

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Topic

Stereotypes

Speaker

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Source

The Danger of a Single Story

Medium

Speech

Genre

TED Talk

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. “The Danger of a Single Story.” TED, July 2009, https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story/transcript?language=en.

Have regrets. They are fuel.

Geoff Dyer

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Topic

Regrets What motivates people Motivation

Author

Geoff Dyer

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dyer, Geoff. Quoted in "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction: Part 1." Guardian, 19 Feb. 2010, www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/20/ten-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-one.

Politics hates a vacuum. If it isn't filled with hope, someone will fill it with fear.

Naomi Klein

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Topic

Nature abhors a vacuum Demagoguery Populism Politics

Author

Naomi Klein

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Klein, Naomi. "From Pots to Politics." The Guardian, 11 May 2003, www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/12/argentina.comment

A real loser is somebody who's so afraid of not winning they don't even try.

Little Miss Sunshine

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Topic

Winners and losers Losers

Speaker

Edwin Hoover

Actor

Alan Arkin

Source

Little Miss Sunshine

Medium

Film

Genre

Road movie Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Little Miss Sunshine. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Big Beach Films/Bona Fide Productions/Third Gear Productions, 2006.

For anyone trying to discern what to do with their life: pay attention to what you pay attention to.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

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Topic

What to study Vocation Career Paying attention Interests

Author

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Medium

Tweet

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rosenthal, Amy Krouse [@missamykr]. "for anyone trying to discern what to do w/ their life: PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU PAY ATTENTION TO. that's pretty much all the info u need." Twitter, 15 Mar. 2013, 7:02 a.m., twitter.com/missamykr/status/312564535242395648

The first time you do something only happens once.

Chris Burden

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Topic

Savor the moment Experiences

Speaker

Chris Burden

Source

W Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Zen koan

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Burden, Chris. "Public Offering." Interviewed by Kevin West. W Magazine, 1 May 2008, https://www.wmagazine.com/story/chris-burden.

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.

Pico Iyer

The Art of Stillness

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Topic

Paying attention

Author

Pico Iyer

Source

The Art of Stillness

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. 6. Originally a TED Talk, 2013.

It is an empire…that dare not speak its name. It is an empire in denial.

Niall Ferguson

On the United States.

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Topic

American empire America and the world

Author

Niall Ferguson

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ferguson, Niall. Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World. Allen Lane/Basic Books, 2003, conclusion.

I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.

Oliver Sacks

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Topic

Gratitude Facing death Life

Author

Oliver Sacks

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sacks, Oliver. "My Own Life." The New York Times, 19 Feb. 2015.

I know we're all going to die--there's three of us who are going to do something about it.

Thomas E. Burnett

Phone call to his wife from Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.

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Topic

September 11th

Speaker

Thomas E. Burnett

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Burnett, Thomas E. Stated on a phone call with his wife just before the plane he was on went down outside of Pittsburgh. 11 Sept. 2001.

Love is awful. It's awful. It's painful. It's frightening. Makes you doubt yourself, judge yourself, distance yourself from the other people in your life, makes you selfish, makes you creepy, makes you obbsessed with your hair, makes you cruel, makes you say and do things you never thought you would do.

The Priest

Fleabag

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Topic

Downsides of love

Speaker

The Priest

Actor

Andrew Scott

Source

Fleabag

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Drama (TV) Comedy Drama

Language

English

Time

2019 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Episode #2.6." Fleabag, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, directed by Harry Bradbeer, season 2, episode 6, Amazon Studios and British Broadcasting Corporation, 2019.

She did not need much,
wanted very little.
A kind word, sincerity,
fresh air, clean water,
a garden, kisses,
books to read,
sheltering arms, a cozy bed,
and to love and be loved in return.

Starra Neely Blade

She Did Not Need Much

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Topic

Human needs

Author

Starra Neely Blade

Source

She Did Not Need Much

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Blade, Starra Neely. Posting of her poem called She Did Not Need Much. Facebook, 4 Oct. 2019. https://www.facebook.com/StarraNeelyBlade/. Accessed 12 Jan. 2023.

When I was poor and I complained about inequality they said I was bitter, now I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm beginning to think they just don't want to talk about inequality.

Russell Brand

Revolution

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Topic

Economic inequality

Author

Russell Brand

Source

Revolution

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Brand, Russell. RƎVO⅃UTION. Ballantine Books/Century, 2014, ch. 10.

We go to bars so we can behave like children, toddlers, really. You ever go to a bar at 2am? You might as well be picking up a kid at nursery school.

Jim Gaffigan

Obsessed

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Topic

Bars Alcohol

Author

Jim Gaffigan

Source

Obsessed

Medium

Standup comedy

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Gaffigian, Jim. "Obsessed." Comedy Central Special. 27 Apr. 2014, Comedy Central. Originally presented on 18 Jan. 2014 at the Wilbur Theater, Boston, MA, USA.

I know you're taking it in the teeth out there, but the first guy through the wall, he always gets bloody. Always. This is threatening not just a way of doing business, but in their minds, it's threatening the game. Really what it's threatening is their livelihoods, it's threatening their jobs. It's threatening the way that they do things. And every time that happens, whether it's the government, or a way of doing business, or whatever it is, the people who are holding the reins—they have their hands on the switch—they go batshit crazy.

Moneyball

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Topic

Resistance to change Innovation Progress Status quo

Speaker

John Henry

Actor

Arliss Howard

Source

Moneyball

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Biography

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Moneyball. Directed by Bennett Miller, Columbia Pictures/Scott Ruding Productions/Michael De Luca Productions/Rachael Horovitz Productions/Plan B Entertainment, 2011.