1980s

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We are ready for the dialogue.

Lech Walesa

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Topic

Conflict resolution Political reconciliation Politics

Speaker

Lech Walesa

Medium

Nobel Prize Lecture Speech

Language

Polish

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Wałęsa, Lech. Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. 11 Dec. 1983, Norweigen Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway.

And I hope we have once again reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.

Ronald Reagan

1989 Farewell Address

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Topic

Limited government Freedom Political theory Government Politics

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Source

1989 Farewell Address Presidential Farewell Address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "Farewell Address to the Nation." 11 Jan. 1989, Oval Office, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.

Ronald Reagan

1989 Farewell Address

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Topic

City on a hill American exceptionalism American politics America

Speaker

Ronald Reagan

Source

1989 Farewell Address Presidential Farewell Address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Reagan, Ronald. "Farewell Address to the Nation." 11 Jan. 1989, Oval Office, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed.

Nick Cave

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Topic

Failure Success

Speaker

Nick Cave

Source

Bad Seed: The Biography of Nick Cave

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Cave, Nick. Quoted in Bad Seed: The Biography of Nick Cave, written by Ian Johnstone. Little, Brown and Company, 1996.

He could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight. Just think of the millions, from all over the globe, who yearned to be on that island, in those towers, in those narrow streets! There it was, the Rome, the Paris, the London of the twentieth century, the city of ambition, the dense magnetic rock, the irresistible destination of all those who insist on being where things are happening-and he was among the victors!

Tom Wolfe

The Bonfire of the Vanities

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Topic

New York City Cities

Author

Tom Wolfe

Source

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Wolfe, Tom. The Bonfire of the Vanities. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1987.

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.

David Hockney

Quoted in The Guardian

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Topic

Nature of art Art

Speaker

David Hockney

Source

The Guardian

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Hockney, David. The Guardian. 26 Oct. 1988.

Weightlessness is a great equalizer.

Sally Ride

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Topic

Space travel Space

Speaker

Sally Ride

Source

NOVA

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ride, Sally. "An Interview with Sally Ride." NOVA Labs. Conducted in 1984, aired 23 Jul. 2012, season 8, episode 13.

Frequently an issue of this sort will come before the Court clad, so to speak, in sheep's clothing: the potential of the asserted principle to effect important change in the equilibrium of power is not immediately evident, and must be discerned by a careful and perceptive analysis. But this wolf comes as a wolf.

Antonin Scalia

Morrison v. Olsen

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Topic

Wolf in sheep's clothing

Author

Antonin Scalia

Source

Morrison v. Olsen

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Dissenting opinion Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Scalia, Antonin. Dissenting opinion. Morrison v. Olson. United States Reports, vol. 487, 29 June 1988, pp. 654-734. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/487/654/.

Wind back the tape of life to the early days of the Burgess Shale; let it play again from an identical starting point, and the chance becomes vanishingly small that anything like human intelligence would grace the replay.

Stephen Jay Gould

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Topic

Intelligent life Randomness Evolution

Author

Stephen Jay Gould

Source

Wonderful Life

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Gould, Stephen Jay. Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History. W. W. Norton & Co., 1989, preface.

Dinosaurs are a touchstone that separates the mentality of children from that of adults.

Dale Russell

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Topic

Dinosaurs Adults and children

Author

Dale Russell

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Dale. An Odyssey in Time: The Dinosaurs of North America. NorthWord Press, 1989, preface.

Usually the people who are the most generous are the people who have the least to give. I learned this first hand as a newspaper carrier when I was 12 years old. The biggest tips came from the poorest people.

Keith Haring

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Topic

Generosity Rich vs. poor

Author

Keith Haring

Source

Journals of Keith Haring

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Haring, Keith. Journal entry. 7 July 1986.

Students of the heavens are separable into astronomers and astrologers as readily as are the minor domestic ruminants into sheep and goats, but the separation of philosophers into sages and cranks seems to be more sensitive to frames of reference.

W.V.O. Quine

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Topic

Philosophers

Author

W.V.O. Quine

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Quine, Willard Van Orman. Theories and Things. Harvard University Press, 1981, ch. 23.