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An infectious greed seemed to grip much of our business community.

Alan Greenspan

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Topic

Dot com bubble Financial panics and bubbles The stock market

Speaker

Alan Greenspan

Source

Federal Reserve Board's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greenspan, Alan. "Federal Reserve Board's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress." Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U. S. Senate. 16 July 2002, Washington DC, USA.

Discipline allows creative freedom. No discipline equals no freedom.

Jeanette Winterson

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Topic

Self-discipline Freedom

Author

Jeanette Winterson

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Winterson, Jeanette. Quoted in "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction: Part 2." Guardian, 19 Feb. 2010, www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/20/10-rules-for-writing-fiction-part-two.

You see things and you understand. You're a wallflower.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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Topic

Introverts Observation Perception

Speaker

Patrick

Actor

Ezra Miller

Source

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Drama (film) Coming of age Drama

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Directed by Stephen Chbosky, Mr. Mudd Productions, 2012.

An accident of timing makes the book in question indelible.

Colson Whitehead

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Topic

Serendipity Timing Books

Author

Colson Whitehead

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Whitehead, Colson. "The Hum Inside the Skull, Revisited." The New York Times, 16 Jan. 2005.

Sometimes, the only way to catch an uncatchable woman is to offer her a wedding ring.

Big Fish

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Topic

Pursuing women Getting engaged Women

Speaker

Edward Bloom (Senior)

Actor

Albert Finney

Source

Big Fish

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy (film) Comedy drama (film) Fantasy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Big Fish. Directed by Tim Burton, Columbia Pictures/Jinks/Cohen Company/The Zanuck Company, 2003.

Hair is everything. We wish it wasn’t so we could actually think about something else occasionally. But it is. It’s the difference between a good day and a bad day. We’re meant to think that it’s a symbol of power, that it’s a symbol of fertility.

Fleabag

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Topic

Physical appearance

Speaker

Fleabag

Actor

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Source

Fleabag

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Drama (TV) Comedy Drama

Language

English

Time

2019 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Episode #2.5." Fleabag, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, directed by Harry Bradbeer, season 2, episode 5, Amazon Studios and British Broadcasting Corporation, 2019.

A compass, I learnt when I was surveying, it'll...it'll point you True North from where you're standing, but it's got no advice about the swamps and desert and chasm that you'll encounter along the way. If in pursuit of your destination, you plunge ahead, heedless of obstacles, and achieve nothing more than to sink in a swamp...what's the use of knowing True North?

Lincoln

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Topic

Overcoming obstacles

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis

Source

Lincoln

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Historical drama (film) Biography Historical drama

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lincoln. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment/Participant Media/20th Century Fox/DreamWorks Pictures/Reliance Entertainment/RatPac Entertainment/The Kennedy/Marshall Company/Dune Entertainment, 2012.

Here is the thing about equality, everyone is equal when they are dead.

Les Miserables

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Topic

Equality

Speaker

Gavroche

Actor

Daniel Huttlestone

Source

Look Down Les Miserables

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical (film) Epic (film) Musical Epic

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Look Down." Les Misérables. Directed by Tom Hooper, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/Working Title Films, 2012.

Find somebody you want to spend the rest of your life with, and hold onto her forever.

The Italian Job

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Topic

Finding the one The one Commitment Love

Speaker

John Bridger

Actor

Donald Sutherland

Source

The Italian Job

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Action (film) Crime Action

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Italian Job. Directed by F. Gary Gray, De Line Pictures, 2003.

My life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that. And it doesn’t bother me in the least.

Alex Trebek

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Topic

Seeking Curiosity Knowledge Wisdom

Author

Alex Trebek

Source

The Answer Is…

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

2020 2020s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Trebek, Alex. The Answer Is... Simon & Schuster, 2020.

I'm not going to make any compromise whatsoever.

Ariel Sharon

On relations with the Palestinians.

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Topic

Political compromise Israel-Palestine conflict

Author

Ariel Sharon

Source

Sunday Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Sharon, Ariel. The Sunday Times. 12 Aug. 2001.

This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn't turn out to be like Literature.

Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

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Topic

Disappointment

Author

Julian Barnes

Source

The Sense of an Ending

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Barnes, Julian. The Sense of an Ending. Jonathan Cape/Alfred A. Knopf, 2011, ch. 1.

But you realize every time you suit up, every time we go out, it's life or death. You roll the dice...and you deal with it.

The Hurt Locker

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Topic

Soldiers War

Speaker

Sergeant JT Sanborn

Actor

Anthony Mackie

Source

The Hurt Locker

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) Thriller (film) War Thriller

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Hurt Locker. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Voltage Pictures/Kingsgate Films/Grosvenor Park Media/Film Capital Europe Funds/First Light Productions, 2008.

Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers.

Les Miserables

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Topic

Missing someone Broken heart

Speaker

Eponine

Actor

Samantha Barks

Source

On My Own Les Miserables

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical (film) Epic (film) Musical Epic

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"On My Own." Les Misérables. Directed by Tom Hooper, performed by Samantha Barnes, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/Working Title Films, 2012.

I saw a whole other future. I can't stop seeing it.

Revolutionary Road

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Topic

Breaking up Broken relationships

Speaker

April Wheeler

Actor

Kate Winslet

Source

Revolutionary Road

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Revolutionary Road. Directed by Sam Mendes, DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount Vantage/BBC Films/Neal Street Productions/Evamere Entertainment, 2008.

Writing saved my life.

Slavoj Zizek

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Topic

Writing as therapy Writing

Author

Slavoj Zizek

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2016 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Žižek, Slavoj. "This Much I Know." Guardian, 10 Dec. 2016, www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/10/slavoj-zizek-we-are-all-basically-evil-egotistical-disgusting.

Surely it is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time. To conjure a place, a person, a situation, in all its specificity and dimensions. To affect us and alter us, as profoundly as real people and things do.

Jhumpa Lahiri

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Topic

Power of words Power of literature Literature Writing

Author

Jhumpa Lahiri

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lahiri, Jhumpa. "My Life's Sentences." Opinionator (blog). New York Times, 17 Mar. 2012, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/my-lifes-sentences.

If you're afraid of dying, shows you have a life worth keeping.

The Last King of Scotland

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Topic

Fear of death Life and death Life Death

Speaker

Dr. Nicholas Garrigan

Actor

James McAvoy 

Source

The Last King of Scotland

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

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Citation

The Last King of Scotland. Directed by Kevin Macdonald, DNA Films, FilmFour, TATfilm Produktion, 2006.

Wars are not won by evacuations.

Dunkirk

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Topic

Retreat War

Speaker

Tommy

Actor

Fionn Whitehead

Source

Dunkirk

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dunkirk. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Bros. Pictures/Syncopy Inc./RatPac-Dune Entertainment, 2017.

No, of course I like you. It's because I like you I don't want to be with you. It's a complicated emotion.

Finding Nemo

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Topic

Feeling conflicted Relationships

Speaker

Marlin

Actor

Albert Brooks

Source

Finding Nemo

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Animation

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Finding Nemo. Directed by Andrew Stanton, Pixar Animation Studios/ Walt Disney Pictures, 2003.