1952

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I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain.

Singin' in the Rain

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Topic

Rain Optimism

Speaker

Don Lockwood

Actor

Gene Kelly

Source

Singin' in the Rain

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical (film) Romantic comedy (film) Musical Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Singin' in the Rain." Singin' in the Rain. Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, performed by Gene Kelly, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952.

A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Adlai Stevenson

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Topic

Nature of freedom Freedom Political theory

Speaker

Adlai Stevenson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Stevenson, Adlai. "Safeguards Against Communism." 7 Oct. 1952, Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, USA.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

Douglas MacArthur

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Topic

Going to war Military strategy

Speaker

Douglas MacArthur

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

MacArthur, Douglas. Keynote address at the Republican National Convention. Republican National Convention. 7 July 1952, International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA.

What do you mean, less than nothing? I don't think there is any such thing as less than nothing. Nothing is absolutely the limit of nothingness. It's the lowest you can go. It's the end of the line. How can something be less than nothing? If there were something that was less than nothing, then nothing would not be nothing, it would be something-even though it's just a very little bit of something. But if nothing is nothing, then nothing has nothing that is less than it is.

E. B. White

Charlotte's Web

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Topic

Nothingness

Speaker

Wilbur

Author

E. B. White

Source

Charlotte's Web

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

White, E. B. Charlotte's Web. Harper & Brothers, 1952, ch. 4.

I am an invisible man... I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids-and I might even be said to posses a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

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Topic

Black experience

Author

Ralph Ellison

Source

Invisible Man

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ellison, Ralph Waldo. Invisible Man. Random House, 1952, prologue.

We have two lives...The life we learn with and the life we live with after that.

Bernard Malamud

The Natural

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Topic

Life lessons

Speaker

Iris Lemon

Author

Bernard Malamud

Source

The Natural

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Malamud, Bernard. The Natural. Harcourt Brace and Company, 1952.

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.

The day that this country ceases to be free for irreligion, it will cease to be free for religion—except for the sect that can win political power.

Robert H. Jackson

Zorach v. Clauson

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Topic

Freedom of religion

Author

Robert H. Jackson

Source

Zorach v. Clauson

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Jackson, Robert H. Dissenting Opinion. Zorach v. Clauson. United States Reports, vol. 343, 28 Apr. 1952, pp. 323-325. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/343/306/.

Well, some things a man doesn't get over so easy.

The Quiet Man

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Topic

Moving forward Getting over someone

Speaker

Sean Thornton

Actor

John Wayne

Source

The Quiet Man

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Quiet Man. Directed by John Ford, Republic Pictures/Argosy Productions Corporation, 1952.

Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?

Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

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Topic

Luck

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Old Man and the Sea

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.

All I do is dream of you the whole night through.

Singin' in the Rain

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Topic

Being in love Dreams

Speaker

Kathy Selden

Actor

Debbie Reynolds

Source

Singin' in the Rain

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical (film) Romantic comedy (film) Musical Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"All I Do Is Dream of You." Singin' in the Rain. Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, performed by Debbie Reynolds, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952.

Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same colour as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.

Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

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Topic

Eyes Inner strength

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Old Man and the Sea

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

John Steinbeck

East of Eden

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Topic

Perfection Expectations

Author

John Steinbeck

Source

East of Eden

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. The Viking Press, 1952, ch. 53, pt. 3.

You have been my friend... That in itself is a tremendous thing.

E. B. White

Charlotte's Web

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Topic

Friendship

Speaker

Charlotte

Author

E. B. White

Source

Charlotte's Web

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

White, E. B. Charlotte's Web. Harper & Brothers, 1952, ch. 21.

McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.

Joseph McCarthy

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Topic

Red Scare Cold War Communism American politics

Speaker

Joseph McCarthy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

McCarthy, Joseph. Speech in Wisconsin. c. 1952. Wisconsin, USA.

Truth exists; only lies are invented.

Georges Braque

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Topic

Truth and lies Truth Lies

Author

Georges Braque

Source

Journals of Georges Braque

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Braque, Georges. Le Jour et la nuit: Cahiers 1917-52. Gallimard, 1952.

Current Citation

Braque, Georges. Illustrated Notebooks: 1917-1955, translated by Stanley Appelbaum. Dover Publications, 1971.

Gratitude, like love, is never a dependable international emotion.

Joseph Alsop

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Topic

International politics Political theory Politics

Author

Joseph Alsop

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Alsop, Joseph. Quoted in The Observer. 30 Nov. 1952.

People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care.

High Noon

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Topic

Rule of law Law and order

Speaker

Martin Howe

Actor

Lon Chaney Jr.

Source

High Noon

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

High Noon. Directed by Fred Zinnemann. Stanley Kramer Productions, 1952.

That community is already in process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where nonconformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denuciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

Learned Hand

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Topic

Diversity of opinion Questioning authority Dissent Red Scare

Speaker

Learned Hand

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hand, Learned. Speech to the Board of Regents. 24 Oct. 1952, University of the State of New York, Albany, NY, USA.

Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so.

Carl Jung

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Topic

Judging the past Past and present

Author

Carl Jung

Source

Synchronizität Als Ein Prinzip Akausaler Zusammenhänge [Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle]

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

German

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jung, Carl. Synchronizität Als Ein Prinzip Akausaler Zusammenhänge [Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle]. Princeton University Press, 1960.