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Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged!

John Wilkes Booth

"Thus always to tyrants" in Latin. Shouted immediately before assassinating Abraham Lincoln.

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Topic

American Civil War

Speaker

John Wilkes Booth

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Booth, John Wilkes. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. 14 Apr. 1865, Ford's Theatre, Washington DC, USA.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

Mae West

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Topic

Too much of a good thing

Author

Mae West

Language

English

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

West, Mae. Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It: The Autobiography of Mae West. Prentice Hall, 1959, ch. 21.

If you remember the 60's, you really weren't there.

Charles Fleischer

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Topic

The 60s

Author

Charles Fleischer

Source

Los Angeles Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fleischer, Charles. "If You Remember the 60's, You Really Weren't There." LA Times, 13 June 1982.

Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.

Groucho Marx

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Topic

Social status Man as social animal

Author

Groucho Marx

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Marx, Groucho. Letter to President of Hollywood Club. c. 1949.

People, people who need people
Are the luckiest people in the world.

Barbra Streisand

People

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Topic

Needing another person Interconnectedness of all people

Speaker

Barbra Streisand

Source

People

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Merrill, Bob. "People." Funny Girl. Composed by Jule Styne. 1964, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, New York, USA.

That's the trouble, a sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.

Marilyn Monroe

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Topic

Objectification of women Celebrity

Speaker

Marilyn Monroe

Source

Marilyn Lets Her Hair Down About Being Famous

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Monroe, Marilyn. "Marilyn Lets Her Hair Down About Being Famous." Interviewed by Richard Meryman. Life Magazine, July 1962.

Happy trails to you, until we meet again
Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then.

Dale Evans

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Author

Dale Evans

Statement Type

Goodbye

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Evans, Dale. “Happy Trails.” Performed by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. RCA Victor, 1952.

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.

Groucho Marx

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Topic

Memory

Speaker

Groucho Marx

Statement Type

Insult Joke

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Marx, Groucho. "Groucho." People I have Loved, Known, or Admired, written by Leo Rosten. McGraw-Hill, 1970.

A man has every season, while a woman has only the right to spring.

Jane Fonda

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Topic

Women and aging Men and women Patriarchy

Speaker

Jane Fonda

Source

Daily Mail

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Fonda, Jane. Quoted in Daily Mail. 13 Sept. 1989.

'Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes.

Christopher Bullock

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Topic

Certainty Death Taxes

Speaker

Toby Guzzle

Author

Christopher Bullock

Source

The Cobler of Preston, a Farce

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedic play

Language

English

Time

1716 1710s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bullock, Christopher. The Cobler of Preston. 24 Jan. 1716, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London, England, UK.

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or creep or drip or crash. Be water, my friend.

Bruce Lee

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Topic

Adaptability

Speaker

Li Tsung

Actor

Bruce Lee

Source

Longstreet

Medium

TV program

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Way of the Intercepting Fist." Longstreet, written by Stirling Silliphant, season 1, episode 1, Edling Productions, 1971.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

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Topic

Black experience Racism

Author

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Source

Yes I Can

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 29th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Davis, Sammy, Jr. Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis, Jr. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965, pt. 3, ch. 23.

Smoking... Kills you, and if you are killed, you have lost a very important part of your life.

Brooke Shields

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Topic

Smoking Nature of death

Speaker

Brooke Shields

Medium

Congressional hearing

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Shields, Brooke. Testimony at House of Representatives hearings on cigarette advertising. House of Representatives meeting. 25 June 1981, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.

Jill Bennett

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Topic

Mothers and sons

Author

Jill Bennett

Source

The Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Bennett, Jill. "Sayings of the Week." The Observer, 12 Sept. 1982.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Michael J. Fox

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Topic

Perfectionism Excellence Personal development Self-improvement

Speaker

Michael J. Fox

Source

The Most Important Thing I Know

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fox, Michael J. Quoted in The Most Important Thing I Know. Compiled by Lorne A. Adrain. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997.

I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion.

Jim Carrey

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Topic

Fame Wealth Satisfaction Contentment

Author

Jim Carrey

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Carrey, Jim. Commencement speech. Commencement ceremony. 30 May 2014, Maharishi International University of Management, Fairfield, IA, USA.

When I was poor and I complained about inequality they said I was bitter, now I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm beginning to think they just don't want to talk about inequality.

Russell Brand

Revolution

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Topic

Economic inequality

Author

Russell Brand

Source

Revolution

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Brand, Russell. RƎVO⅃UTION. Ballantine Books/Century, 2014, ch. 10.

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.

Phyllis Diller

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Topic

Relationships

Author

Phyllis Diller

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Diller, Phyllis. Phyllis Diller's Household Hints. Doubleday, 1966.

Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion.

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Topic

Confidence

Speaker

Tina Fey

Source

Vogue

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2010 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fey, Tina. "Tina Fey Thinks Jay-Z and Hilary Clinton are the Ultimate Power Couple." Youtube. Uploaded 17 Jan. 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ajjxV5WmQ

He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.

Samuel Foote

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

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Topic

Boring people

Speaker

Samuel Foote

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1783 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Foote, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 30 Mar. 1783.

Current Citation

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