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Now, an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team. This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap.

Patton

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Individual vs. the collective Team Individualism The military World War II

Speaker

General George S. Patton

Actor

George C. Scott

Source

Patton

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) War (film) Biography War

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox, 1969.

In this lifetime, you don’t have to prove nothin’ to nobody except yourself.

Rudy

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Nothing to prove

Speaker

Fortune

Actor

Charles S. Dutton

Source

Rudy

Genre

Sports (film) Biography (film) Sports Biography

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Rudy. Directed by David Anspaugh, TriStar Pictures, 1993.

Death comes for us all, my lords. Yes, even for kings he comes.

A Man for All Seasons (film)

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Death The human condition

Speaker

Sir Thomas More

Actor

Paul Scofield

Source

A Man for All Seasons (film)

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Drama (film) Biography Drama

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

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Citation

A Man for All Seasons. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Highland Films, 1966.

Life is much more fun when you have to worry about money coming in.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Making a living Personal finances Work

Speaker

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Source

Renoir: His Life, Art and Letters

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

French

Authentication Score 1

Citation

White, Barbara Ehrlich. Renoir: His Life, Art, and Letters. Harry N. Abrams, 1984.

Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in Letters of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell

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Seizing opportunities Opportunities

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

Letters of Samuel Johnson

Medium

Letter

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1777 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Letter to James Boswell. 1 Sept. 1777.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Value of friendship Friendship

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1784 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, written by James Boswell. Vol. 1, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, "1755," aetat. 46.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

Praying is something we do in our time. The answers come in God’s time.

Rudy

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Topic

Prayer Patience

Speaker

Father Cavanaugh

Actor

Robert Prosky

Source

Rudy

Genre

Sports (film) Biography (film) Sports Biography

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rudy. Directed by David Anspaugh, TriStar Pictures, 1993.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down.

Wilson Mizner

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Topic

Golden rule Kindness

Speaker

Wilson Mizner

Source

The Legendary Mizners

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mizner, Wilson. Quoted in The Legendary Mizners, written by Alva Johnston. Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953, ch. 4.

If you hire only those people whom you understand, the company will never get better people than you are.

Soichiro Honda

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Topic

Employees Management Business

Speaker

Soichiro Honda

Source

Honda Motor

Genre

Biography

Language

Japanese

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Honda, Soichiro. Quoted in Honda Motor: The Men, the Management, the Machines by Tetsuo Sakiya. Kodansha, 1985.

Words being arbitrary must owe their power to association, and have the influence, and that only, which custom has given them. Language is the dress of thought.

Samuel Johnson

Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets

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Meaning of words Words Language

Author

Samuel Johnson

Source

Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1779 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

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Johnson, Samuel. "Cowley." Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. London, c. 1779.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. "Cowley." The Lives of the Poets: A Selection, edited by Roger Lonsdale. Oxford University Press, 2009.

I tell you the most dangerous creation in the world in any society is the man with nothing to lose. You do not need 10 such men to change the world. One will do.

Elijah Muhammad

Malcolm X

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Nothing to lose Changing the world

Speaker

Elijah Muhammad

Actor

Al Freeman Jr.

Source

Malcolm X

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Drama (film) Biography Drama

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Malcolm X. Directed by Spike Lee, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1992.

The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.

Rene Magritte

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The unknown The mysterious

Speaker

Rene Magritte

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Magritte, Rene. Quoted in Magritte by Suzy Grablik. New York Graphic Society, 1970.

The Winklevi aren't suing me for intellectual property theft. They are suing me because for the first time in their lives, things didn't work out the way they were supposed to for them.

Mark Zuckerberg

The Social Network

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Topic

Silver spoon Privilege

Speaker

Mark Zuckerberg

Actor

Jesse Eisenberg

Source

The Social Network

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Drama (film) Biography Drama

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

The Social Network. Directed by David Fincher. Columbia Pictures/Relativity Media/Scott Rudin Productions/Michael De Luca Productions/Trigger Street Productions, 2010.

Son, in 35 years of religious studies, I’ve come up with only two hard, incontrovertible facts: There is a God, and I’m not him.

Rudy

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Topic

God and man

Speaker

Father Cavanaugh

Actor

Robert Prosky

Source

Rudy

Genre

Sports (film) Biography (film) Sports Biography

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rudy. Directed by David Anspaugh, TriStar Pictures, 1993.

Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.

Patton

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Dying for one's country War

Speaker

General George S. Patton

Actor

George C. Scott

Source

Patton

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) War (film) Biography War

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox, 1969.

I know you're taking it in the teeth out there, but the first guy through the wall, he always gets bloody. Always. This is threatening not just a way of doing business, but in their minds, it's threatening the game. Really what it's threatening is their livelihoods, it's threatening their jobs. It's threatening the way that they do things. And every time that happens, whether it's the government, or a way of doing business, or whatever it is, the people who are holding the reins—they have their hands on the switch—they go batshit crazy.

Moneyball

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Resistance to change Innovation Progress Status quo

Speaker

John Henry

Actor

Arliss Howard

Source

Moneyball

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Biography

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Moneyball. Directed by Bennett Miller, Columbia Pictures/Scott Ruding Productions/Michael De Luca Productions/Rachael Horovitz Productions/Plan B Entertainment, 2011.

Because of the spiritual rebirth which I was blessed to undergo as a result of my pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of one race. I intend to be very careful not to sentence anyone who has not been proven guilty. I'm not a racist and do not subscribe to any of the tenets of racism. In all honesty and sincerity it can be stated that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all people. Now my first concern, of course, is with the group to which I belong, for we, more than any others, are deprived of our inalienable rights. But I believe the true practice of Islam can remove the cancer of racism from the hearts and the souls of all Americans.

Malcolm X

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Islam Racism Race relations

Speaker

Malcolm X

Actor

Denzel Washington

Source

Malcolm X

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Drama (film) Biography Drama

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Malcolm X. Directed by Spike Lee, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1992.

The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian-ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

Lytton Strachey

Eminent Victorians

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Nature of history

Author

Lytton Strachey

Source

Eminent Victorians

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Strachey, Lytton. Eminent Vicorians. Chatto & Windus, 1918, preface.

Current Citation

Strachey, Lytton. Eminent Vicorians. Penguin Classics, 1990, preface.

You are not an American, you are the victim of America!

Malcolm X

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Topic

Black experience

Speaker

Malcolm X

Actor

Denzel Washington

Source

Malcolm X

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Drama (film) Biography Drama

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Malcolm X. Directed by Spike Lee, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1992.

When your enemies make mistakes, don't interrupt 'em.

Moneyball

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Military strategy Strategy Enemies

Speaker

Billy Beane

Actor

Brad Pitt

Source

Moneyball

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Biography

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Moneyball. Directed by Bennett Miller, Columbia Pictures/Scott Ruding Productions/Michael De Luca Productions/Rachael Horovitz Productions/Plan B Entertainment, 2011.