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The press can hold its magnifying glass up to our problems, bringing them into focus, illuminating issues heretofore unseen, or they can use that magnifying glass to light ants on fire. And then perhaps host a week of shows on the sudden, unexpected, dangerous flaming ant epidemic. If we amplify everything, we hear nothing.

Jon Stewart

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Jon Stewart

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Speech

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English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Stewart, Jon. Speech at the National Mall. Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. 30 Oct. 2010, National Mall, Washington, DC, USA.

It's amazing how our attitude on alcohol changes, right? Cause even as a teenager you know it's wrong. You're like, "You know, I don't like the taste of it, but I want to look cool." And then in your twenties you're like, "You know what, this kinda gives me confidence to talk to the opposite sex." Then in your forties you're like, "You know what, this is the only thing I like about being alive."

Jim Gaffigan

Obsessed

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Alcohol Stages of life

Author

Jim Gaffigan

Source

Obsessed

Medium

Standup comedy

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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

There will be no one like us when we are gone, but then there is no one like anyone else, ever. When people die, they cannot be replaced. They leave holes that cannot be filled, for it is the fate—the genetic and neural fate—of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.

Oliver Sacks

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Uniqueness of each person The individual

Author

Oliver Sacks

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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

Sometimes I think of the books I'll never read that would have changed my life.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Power of literature Books

Author

Jonathan Safran Foer

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Foer, Jonathan Safran. "The Hum Inside the Skull, Revisited," New York Times, 16 Jan. 2005, www.nytimes.com/2005//01/16/books/review/the-hum-inside-the-skull-revisited.html

Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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Missed opportunities The road not taken FOMO

Author

Jonathan Safran Foer

Source

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Houghlin Mifflin, 2005.

Original thoughts are like shy animals. We sometimes have to look the other way - towards a busy street or terminal - before they run out of their burrows.

Alain de Botton

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Creativity Originality

Author

Alain de Botton

Source

A Week at the Airport

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Metaphor, analogy and simile Paradox

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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De Botton, Alain. A Week at the Airport. Profile Books, 2009.

Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. They're also free to live their lives and do wonderful things. And that's what's going to happen here.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Freedom Iraq War American politics

Speaker

Donald Rumsfeld

Medium

Press conference

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Rumsfeld, Donald. Department of Defense news briefing. 11 Apr. 2003, Pentagon, Washington, DC, USA.

I've thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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Overthinking Happiness

Author

Jonathan Safran Foer

Source

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Foer. Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.

Gerald M. Edelman

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Perception Observation Creation Memory Imagination

Author

Gerald M. Edelman

Source

A Universe of Consciousness

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Edelman, Sam and Giulio Tononi. A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination. Basic Books, 2000.

The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality... That's not the way the world really works anymore.... We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality."

Ron Suskind

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American empire American politics

Speaker

Ron Suskind

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Suskind, Ron. "Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush." The New York Times Magazine, 17 Oct. 2004.

I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.

The Departed

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Influence on others Influences

Speaker

Frank Costello

Actor

Jack Nicholson

Source

The Departed

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (drama) Thriller (film) Crime Thriller

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

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The Departed. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Plan B Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, Media Asia Entertainment Group, Vertigo Films, GK Films, and Media Asia Films, 2006.

I like when a woman has ambition. It's like seeing a dog wearing clothes.

Jack Donaghy

30 Rock

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Girl power Ambition Misogyny

Speaker

Jack Donaghy

Actor

Alec Baldwin

Source

30 Rock

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

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"Secrets and Lies." 30 Rock, written by Tina Fey and Ron Weiner, directed by Michael Engler, season 2, episode 8, Broadway Video and Little Stranger, 2007.

Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.

Steve Jobs

Last words.

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Awe

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Steve Jobs

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Last words

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English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Jobs, Steve. Last words. 5 Oct. 2011, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

The most important thing in life will always be the people in this room. Right here, right now. Salute, mi familia.

Dominic Toretto

Fast Five

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Friends and family Family

Speaker

Dominic Toretto

Actor

Vin Diesel

Source

Fast Five

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Action

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Fast Five. Directed by Justin Lin, Original Film/One Race Films, 2011.

Yeah now, well, the thing about the old days... They the old days.

Slim Charles

The Wire

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Dwelling on the past The past

Speaker

Slim Charles

Actor

Anwan Glover

Source

The Wire

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

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"Home Rooms." The Wire, written by David Simon and Richard Price and Ed Burns, directed by Seith Mann, season 4, episode 3, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2006.

It's the most terrifying day of your life the day the first one is born.

Lost in Translation

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Parents and children Having children Babies

Speaker

Bob Harris

Actor

Bill Murray

Source

Lost in Translation

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Lost in Translation. Directed by Sofia Coppola, American Zoetrope/Elemental Films, 2003.

Yeah. I blow a hole in your face and then I go in the house and I sleep like a baby. You can count on that.

Gran Torino

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Bad hombres

Speaker

Walt Kowalski

Actor

Clint Eastwood

Source

Gran Torino

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Threat

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Gran Torino. Directed by Clint Eastwood, Double Nickel Entertainment/Malpaso Productions/Village Roadshow Pictures, 2008.

Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are right now. And it's because they sat there that they were able to do it. That's the truth.

Up in the Air

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Getting fired

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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

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

You know, it's funny, when you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags.

Bojack Horseman

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Red flags Being in love

Speaker

Wanda Pierce

Actor

Lisa Kudrow

Source

Bojack Horseman

Medium

TV program

Genre

Drama (TV) Comedy (TV) Drama Comedy

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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"Yes And." BoJack Horseman, written by Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Mehar Sethi, directed by JC Gonzalez, season 2, episode 10, ShadowMachine and Tornante Company, 2015.

I’m like an elephant, okay? If I walk into a room, it’s like, "Okay, he’s in there."

Tom Haverford

Parks and Recreation

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Presence Charisma

Speaker

Tom Haverford

Actor

Aziz Ansari

Source

Parks and Recreation

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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"The Fight." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Amy Poehler, directed by Randall Einhorn, season 3, episode 13, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2011.