2010s

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Time just gets away from us.

True Grit

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Topic

Lost time Passage of time Time

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

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

We have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.

Barack Obama

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Political progress

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all of us are created equal—is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall.

Barack Obama

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Equality American ideals American history

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Long pauses are good, they add solemnity to great occasions.

The King's Speech

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Topic

Rhetoric

Speaker

Lionel Logue

Actor

Geoffrey Rush

Source

The King's Speech

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

The King's Speech. Directed by Tom Hooper, UK Film Council/Momentum Pictures/Aegis Film Fund Molinare, London/FilmNation Entertainment/See-Saw Films/Bedlam Productions, 2010.

Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life's problems.

Inside Out

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Moping Crying Sadness

Speaker

Sadness

Actor

Phyllis Smith

Source

Inside Out

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Animation

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Inside Out. Directed by Pete Docter, Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures, 2015.

I have been trying to get on jury duty every year since I was 18 years old. To get to go sit it in an air-conditioned room, downtown, judging people, while my lunch is paid for... That is the life.

Stanley Hudson

The Office

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Criminal justice system Citizenship

Speaker

Stanley Hudson

Actor

Leslie David Baker

Source

The Office

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"Classy Christmas." The Office, written Greg Daniels and Mindy Kaling and Ricky Gervais, directed by Rainn Wilson, season 7, episode 11, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2010.

We’re flawed because we want so much more. We’re ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.

Don Draper

Mad Men

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Acquisitiveness

Speaker

Don Draper

Actor

Jon Hamm

Source

Mad Men

Medium

TV program

Genre

Drama (TV) Drama

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"The Summer Man." Mad Men, written by Matthew Weiner and Lisa Albert and Janet Leahy, directed by Phil Abraham, season 4, episode 8, Lionsgate Television and American Movie Classics and Weiner Bros., 2010.

You think that tiger is your friend, he is an animal, not a playmate.

Life of Pi

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Topic

Man and animals

Speaker

Santosh Patel

Actor

Adil Hussain

Source

Life of Pi

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Drama (film) Adventure Drama

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Life of Pi. Directed by Ang Lee, Haishang Films/Dune Entertainment/Gil Netter, 2012.

We're not meant to save the world. We're meant to leave it.

Interstellar

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Space travel

Speaker

Professor Brand

Actor

Michael Caine

Source

Interstellar

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Epic (film) Science fiction Epic

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Interstellar. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Legendary Pictures/Syncopy/Lynda Obst Productions, 2014.

Let frustration fuel inspiration.

Sonia Boyce

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Artistic development Inspiration Activism

Speaker

Sonia Boyce

Source

Times Higher Education

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Boyce, Sonia. Interviewed by John Elmes. Times Higher Education, 17 Dec. 2015.

Don't be afraid to just sit and watch.

Anthony Bourdain

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Topic

Stillness Observation

Author

Anthony Bourdain

Source

All the Things You're Doing Wrong When You Travel Money.com

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2018 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Bourdain, Anthony. "All the Things You're Doing Wrong When You Travel, According to Anthony Bourdain." Interviewed by Megan Leonhardt. Money.com, 12 Mar. 2018, money.com/anthony-bourdain-advice-great-travel/.

America will start winning again, winning like never before. We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.

Donald Trump

Inaugural Address of Donald Trump

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American politics

Speaker

Donald Trump

Source

Inaugural Address of Donald Trump Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Trump, Donald. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2017, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We think time cannot touch the dead, but it touches their monuments, leaving them snub-nosed and stub-fingered from the accidents and attrition of time.

Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

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Topic

Effects of time

Author

Hilary Mantel

Source

Bring Up the Bodies

Medium

Novel

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Mantel, Hilary. Bring Up the Bodies. Fourth Estate/Henry Holt and Co., 2012.

Every now and then a trigger has to be pulled or not pulled. It's hard to know which in your pajamas.

Skyfall

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Topic

Shooting people

Speaker

Q

Actor

Ben Whishaw

Source

Skyfall

Medium

Film

Genre

Spy (film) Action (film) Spy Action

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Skyfall. Directed by Sam Mendes, Eon Productions/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Columbia Pictures, 2012.

Time passes. Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

Joan Didion

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Topic

Memory

Author

Joan Didion

Source

Blue Nights

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Didion, Joan. Blue Nights. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011, ch. 2.

The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you they are not big enough.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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Thinking big Goals Dreams

Speaker

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Source

2011 Harvard commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson. Commencement speech. Commencement cermony. 26 May 2011, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better. It smells like ancient Egypt.

Ray Bradbury

Quoted in Paris Review

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Books Smells Egypt

Speaker

Ray Bradbury

Source

Art of Fiction interview Paris Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Bradbury, Ray. "Ray Bradbury, The Art of Fiction No. 203." Interviewed by Sam Weller. Paris Review, Spring 2010.

Dare them to censor you.

Ken Loach

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Resisting authority Censorship

Speaker

Ken Loach

Source

Vox

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Loach, Ken. "'Dare Them to Censor You': Ken Loach Talks Art and Activism in I, Daniel Blake and Beyond." Interviewed by Alissa Wilkinson. Vox, 2017.

The Dead Sea in the Middle East receives freshwater, but it has no outlet, so it doesn't pass the water out. It receives beautiful water from the rivers, and the water goes dank. I mean, it just goes bad. And that's why it is the Dead Sea. It receives and does not give. In the end, generosity is the best way of becoming more, more, and more joyful.

Desmond Tutu

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Generosity

Speaker

Desmond Tutu

Language

English

Time

2016 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Tutu, Desmond and Tenzin Gyatso and Dalai Lama XIV. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World. Cornerstone Publishers, 2016.

You know you don't want to go anywhere, and that's why the same shit is going to keep happening to you, because you want it to.

Inside Llewyn Davis

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Self-sabotage

Speaker

Jean

Actor

Carey Mulligan

Source

Inside Llewyn Davis

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Black comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Inside Llewyn Davis. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, StudioCanal/Anton Capital Entertainment/Scott Rudin Productions/Mike Zoss Productions, 2013.