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100 percent of the shots you don't take don't go in the net.

Wayne Gretzky

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Topic

Shoot your shot Going for it Taking risks

Speaker

Wayne Gretzky

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Gretzky, Wayne. Quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer. 9 Feb. 1983.

You only live once, that's the motto nigga YOLO

Drake

The Motto

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Topic

Living life to the fullest

Speaker

Drake

Source

The Motto

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Drake and Lil Wayne and T-Minus. "The Motto." Performed by Drake and Lil Wayne. Take Care. Young Money Entertainment/Cash Money Records/Republic Records, 2011.

Nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from.

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

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Topic

Need for love Lack of love Love

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

The Handmaid's Tale

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985, ch. 18.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

Margaret Atwood

Surfacing

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Topic

Locus of control

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

Surfacing

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Atwood, Margaret. Surfacing. McClelland and Stewart, 1972, ch. 27.

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.

Margaret Millar

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Topic

Conversation

Speaker

Prye

Author

Margaret Millar

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Millar, Margaret. The Weak-Eyed Bat. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942, ch. 8.

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.

Yann Martel

Life of Pi (novel)

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Topic

Doubt and skepticism

Author

Yann Martel

Source

Life of Pi (novel)

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Martel, Yann. Life of Pi. Knopf Canada, 2001, ch. 7.

Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

Bruce Cockburn

Lovers in a Dangerous Time

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Topic

Progress

Speaker

Bruce Cockburn

Source

Lovers in a Dangerous Time Stealing Fire

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Cockburn, Bruce. "Lovers in a Dangerous Time." Stealing Fire. True North Records, 1984.

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; but that is the way to bet.

Hugh Keough

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Topic

Winners and losers

Author

Hugh Keough

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Keough, Hugh. Quoted in Collier's. Feb. 1919.

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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Topic

Political leadership Leadership

Author

John Kenneth Galbraith

Source

The Age of Uncertainty

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Age of Uncertainty. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1977, ch. 12.

It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom.

John Kenneth Galbraith

The Affluent Society

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Topic

Majority opinions Conformity Intellectual history

Author

John Kenneth Galbraith

Source

The Affluent Society

Genre

Sociology Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958, ch. 2, sect. 1.

Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom.
All the rest want someone to tell them they are free.

Irving Layton

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Topic

True freedom Delusion

Author

Irving Layton

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Layton, Irving. "Aphs." The Whole Bloody Bird: Obs, Aphs & Pomes. McClelland & Stewart, 1969.

When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

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Topic

Rose-colored glasses The past

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

The Handmaid's Tale

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985, ch. 6.

But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

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Topic

Suffering Healing Emotional scars

Author

Margaret Atwood

Source

The Handmaid's Tale

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. McClelland and Stewart/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1985, ch. 21.

I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly

Joni Mitchell

River

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Topic

Escape

Speaker

Joni Mitchell

Source

River Blue

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk Pop

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Mitchell, Joni. "River." Blue. Reprise Records, 1971.

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel,
A boutique, and a swinging hot spot.

Joni Mitchell

Big Yellow Taxi

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Topic

Consumerism Loss of Eden Over-development Modern life

Speaker

Joni Mitchell

Source

Big Yellow Taxi

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Mitchell, Joni. "Big Yellow Taxi." Ladies of the Canyon. Reprise Records, 1970.

There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

Leonard Cohen

Anthem

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Topic

Healing Human frailty The human condition

Speaker

Leonard Cohen

Source

Anthem The Future (album)

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk music

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Cohen, Leonard. "Anthem." The Future. Columbia Records, 1992.

Don't live the same year 75 times and call it a life.

Robin Sharma

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Topic

Taking risks

Author

Robin Sharma

Medium

Tweet

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Sharma, Robin [@RobinSharma]. "Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life." Twitter, 30 Mar. 2014, https://twitter.com/robinsharma/status/450120262076203011.

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.

John Kenneth Galbraith

The Affluent Society

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Topic

Wealth Downsides of wealth

Author

John Kenneth Galbraith

Source

The Affluent Society

Genre

Sociology Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958, ch. 1, sect. 1.

Leadership means making people feel good.

Jean Chrétien

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Topic

Leadership

Speaker

Jean Chrétien

Source

Toronto Star

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Chretien, Jean. Interview. Toronto Star, 7 June 1984.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

William Osler

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Topic

Ignorance Closed-mindedness Dogma

Speaker

William Osler

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Osler, William. "Chauvinism in Medicine." Canadian Medical Association gathering. 17 Sept. 1902, Montreal, Québec, Canada.