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You don't ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Recognition Achievement Success Self-worth

Speaker

Fred Rogers

Source

2002 Dartmouth commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate.

Walter Cronkite

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Topic

Vietnam War American politics Media

Speaker

Walter Cronkite

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Cronkite, Walter. "We are Mired in Stalemate." CBS Evening News, created by Don Hewitt, CBS News Productions, 27 Feb. 1968.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

Edward R. Murrow

Said on his TV program "See it Now" as a challenge to Senator Joseph McCarthy's attempts to quash "communist" enemies.

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Topic

Dissent Treason Patriotism Politics

Speaker

Edward R. Murrow

Source

See It Now

Medium

TV news TV program

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Era

Red scare

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Citation

Murrow, Edward R. Tonight See It Now. CBS, 9 Mar. 1954.

Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is a part of that jewel, a facet of that jewel. And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal. We are intimately related.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all people The world

Speaker

Fred Rogers

Source

2002 Dartmouth commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

You get a car! You get a car! You get a car!

Oprah Winfrey

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Topic

Free stuff Prizes

Speaker

Oprah Winfrey

Source

Oprah Winfrey Show

Medium

Talk show TV program

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Oprah's 20th Anniversary Season Premiere." Hosted by Oprah Winfrey. The Oprah Winfrey Show. King World Productions, 13 Sept. 2004.

This is the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

Tom Brokaw

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Topic

Greatest generation

Speaker

Tom Brokaw

Source

Meet the Press

Medium

TV broadcast TV program

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Brokaw, Tom. "Meet the Press." NBC, Normandy, France, 6 June 1994.

Truthiness. Now I'm sure some of the word police-the wordinistas-over at Webster's are gonna say, "Hey, that's not a word." Well, anybody who knows me knows I'm no fan of dictionaries or reference books...I don't trust books. They're all fact, no heart.

Stephen Colbert

The Colbert Report

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Topic

Truth

Speaker

Stephen Colbert

Source

The Colbert Report

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Truthiness." The Colbert Report, created by Stephen Colbert, season 1, episode 1, Spartina Productions and Busboy Productions and Comedy Partners, 2005.

It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives, from which we make our choices, is very good stuff.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

What really matters Recognition Achievement Success Meaning of life

Speaker

Fred Rogers

Source

2002 Dartmouth commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension. A dimension of sound. A dimension of sight. A dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... The Twilight Zone.

Rod Serling

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Topic

The mysterious The unknown

Speaker

Rod Serling

Source

The Twilight Zone

Medium

TV program

Genre

Science fiction (TV) Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

"A Thing About Machines." The Twilight Zone, directed by David Orrick McDearmon, written by Rod Serling, season 2, episode 4, Cayuga Productions/CBS Productions, 1960.

Truth that comes from the gut, not books.

Stephen Colbert

The definition of "truthiness".

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Topic

Truth

Speaker

Stephen Colbert

Source

The Colbert Report

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

"Truthiness." The Colbert Report, created by Stephen Colbert, season 1, episode 1, Spartina Productions and Busboy Productions and Comedy Partners, 2005.

You bring all you ever were and are to any relationship you have today.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Relationships

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 87.

The greatest gift you will ever give is your honest self.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Authenticity Giving of oneself Generosity

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 81.

There is only one thing evil cannot stand and that is forgiveness.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Overcoming evil Forgiveness

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 62.

No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.

Edward R. Murrow

On Joseph McCarthy.

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Topic

McCarthyism Red Scare Cold War Communism American politics

Speaker

Edward R. Murrow

Source

See It Now

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Murrow, Edward R. Private comments to staff prior to broadcast of See It Now. 9 Mar. 1954, New York City, NY, USA.

Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn't have to be a lonely kind of thing.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Solitude Loneliness

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 31.

Doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Perfectionism Expectations Accepting others Self-acceptance

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 14.

How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Special moments Stillness Meaning of life

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 22.

I'm not over-fond of animals. I am merely astounded by them.

David Attenborough

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Topic

Nature Animals

Speaker

David Attenborough

Source

Independent (newspaper)

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Attenborough, David. Independent. 14 Jan. 1995.

Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Self-discovery Therapy Hard work

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 13.

I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you had ever done.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Doing one's best Second place Self-improvement

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 39.