Taking it easy

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I celebrate myself and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
I loafe and invite my soul,
I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.

Walt Whitman

Song of Myself

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Topic

Taking it easy Loving oneself

Author

Walt Whitman

Source

Song of Myself Leaves of Grass

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1855 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, poem 1.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Song of Myself." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, sect. 1, I. 1.

Rollin' down the street, smokin' indo'
Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind).

Snoop Dogg

Gin and Juice

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Taking it easy

Speaker

Snoop Dogg

Source

Gin and Juice Doggystyle

Medium

Song Album

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Snoop Dogg. "Gin and Juice." Doggystyle. Death Row Records/Interscope Records, 1993.

After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.

Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows

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Vacation Time off Taking it easy

Author

Kenneth Grahame

Source

The Wind in the Willows

Medium

Novel

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen, 1908, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Barnes & Noble, 2013, ch. 1.

Mr. Coolidge's genius for inactivity is developed to a very high point. It is far from being an indolent activity. It is a grim, determined, alert inactivity which keeps Mr. Coolidge occupied constantly. Nobody has ever worked harder at inactivity, with such a force of character, with such unremitting attention to detail, with such conscientious devotion to the task.

Walter Lippmann

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Taking it easy Idleness

Author

Walter Lippmann

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1927 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Lippmann, Walter. Men of Destiny. The Macmillan Company, 1927.

Current Citation

Lippmann, Walter. Men of Destiny. Routledge, 2018.

One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:6

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Topic

Work and leisure Taking it easy Work

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. The Lockman Foundation, 1971. (Ecclesiastes 4:6).

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Fame Taking it easy

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

Of Solitude Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "De La Solitude [Of Solitude]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Of Solitude." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

I just want to lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.

Kevin Malone

The Office

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Topic

The beach Taking it easy

Speaker

Kevin Malone

Actor

Brian Baumgartner

Source

The Office

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Beach Games." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Jennifer Celotta and Ricky Gervais, directed by Harold Ramis, season 3, episode 22, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2007.

I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing.

Izaak Walton

The Compleat Angler

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Fishing Taking it easy Work-life balance

Author

Izaak Walton

Source

The Compleat Angler

Medium

Treatise

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1653 1650s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler. London: Richard Marriot, 1653, introduction.

Current Citation

Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler, edited by Marjorie Swann. Oxford University Press, 2014, introduction.

Michael, I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing and it was everything I thought it could be.

Office Space

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Killing time Taking it easy

Speaker

Peter Gibbons

Actor

Ron Livingston

Source

Office Space

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Office Space. Directed by Mike Judge, Judgemental Films, 1999.

I am happiest when I am idle. I could live for months without performing any kind of labour, and at the expiration of that time I should feel fresh and vigorous enough to go right on in the same way for numerous more months.

Artemus Ward

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Idleness Taking it easy

Author

Artemus Ward

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ward, Artemus. Artemus Ward in London, and Other Papers. New York: G.W. Carleton & Co./London: S. Low, Son & Co., 1867, ch. 9.

Life is short. Work is for those who will never be able to understand life. Idleness cannot degrade a man. To the discriminating eye it differs from laziness.

René Maran

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Taking it easy Idleness Laziness

Author

René Maran

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Maran, Rene. Batouala. Albin Michel, 1921, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Maran, Rene. Batouala, translated by Adele Szold Seltzer. Heinemann, 1988, ch. 1.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Herodotus

Histories

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Taking it easy Having fun Being uptight

Speaker

Amasis

Author

Herodotus

Source

Histories

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 2, ch. 173.

Current Citation

Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 173.