It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

Betty Friedan

The Feminine Mystique

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Topic

Being oneself Authenticity Personal identity

Author

Betty Friedan

Source

The Feminine Mystique

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Activist Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. W. W. Norton & Company, 1963, ch. 14.

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Sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to sea.

Barry Goldwater

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Topic
Culture war American politics
Speaker
Barry Goldwater
Source
Washington Star
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Goldwater, Barry. Quoted in Saturday Evening Post. 31 Aug. 1963.

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This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Topic
Being true to oneself Authenticity Personal integrity
Speaker
Lord Polonius

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Hamlet
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 4.