2005

Explore 45 quotes from the year 2005

I don't know where I'm going but I'll get there on time.

Robert Rauschenberg

Quoted in The New Yorker

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Topic

Journey vs. destination

Speaker

Robert Rauschenberg

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Zen koan

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rauschenberg, Robert. "Everything in Sight: Robert Rauschenberg's New Life." Interviewed by Calvin Tompkins. The New Yorker, 23 May 2005, www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/05/23/everything-in-sight.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Steve Jobs

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Topic

Following your heart Taking risks Death

Speaker

Steve Jobs

Source

2005 Stanford commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jobs, Steve. Stanford Commencement Address. 12 June 2005, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.

Louise Erdrich

The Painted Drum

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Topic

Vulnerability Taking risks

Author

Louise Erdrich

Source

The Painted Drum

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Erdrich, Louise. The Painted Drum. Harper, 2005.

I wish I knew how to quit you.

Brokeback Mountain

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Topic

Impossible love Love

Speaker

Jack Twist

Actor

Jake Gyllenhaal

Source

Brokeback Mountain

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Brokeback Mountain. Directed by Ang Lee, River Road Entertainment, 2005.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

Cormac McCarthy

No Country for Old Men

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Topic

Bad luck

Author

Cormac McCarthy

Source

No Country for Old Men

Medium

Novel

Genre

Western literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

McCarthy, Cormac. No Country for Old Men. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005, ch. 9.

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.

The really important kind of freedom involves attention and awareness and discipline, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty, unsexy ways, every day.

David Foster Wallace

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Topic

Caring for others

Speaker

David Foster Wallace

Source

2005 Kenyon College commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wallace, David Foster. Commencement address at Kenyon College. Commencement. 21 May 2005, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, USA.

Current Citation

Wallace, David Foster. This is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion about Living a Compassionate Life. Little, Brown and Company, 2009.

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.

Pope Benedict XVI

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Topic

Decline of religion Moral relativism

Speaker

Pope Benedict XVI

Medium

Sermon

Language

Italian

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Cardinal Ratzinger, Joseph (later Pope Benedict XVI). "Homily of His Eminence Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger." Conclave of cardinals, Mass. 18 Apr. 2005, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy.

Would I rather be feared or loved? Um, easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.

Michael Scott

The Office

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Topic

Love and fear Leadership

Speaker

Michael Scott

Actor

Steve Carell

Source

The Office

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Fight." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, directed by Ken Kwapis, season 2, episode 6, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2005.

I don't care if you think I'm racist, I just want you to think I'm thin.

Sarah Silverman

Jesus is Magic

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Topic

Women's bodies

Speaker

Sarah Silverman

Source

Jesus is Magic

Medium

Comedy special

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jesus is Magic. Directed by Liam Lynch, performed by Sarah Silverman, Roadside Attractions, 2005.

I'm a virgin. I always have been.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

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Topic

Virginity

Speaker

Andy

Actor

Steve Carell

Source

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Directed by Judd Apatow, Apatow Productions, 2005.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Steve Jobs

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Topic

Shortness of life

Speaker

Steve Jobs

Source

2005 Stanford commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Jobs, Steve. Stanford Commencement Address. 12 June 2005, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

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.

Grief is nature's most powerful aphrodisiac.

Wedding Crashers

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Topic

Turn-ons Grief

Speaker

Chazz Reinhold

Actor

Will Ferrell

Source

Wedding Crashers

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wedding Crashers. Directed by David Dobkin. New Line Cinema/Tapestry Films, 2005.

You know how they say we only use 10 percent of our brains? I think we only use 10 percent of our hearts.

Wedding Crashers

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Topic

Head vs. heart Human body

Speaker

John Beckwith

Actor

Owen Wilson

Source

Wedding Crashers

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wedding Crashers. Directed by David Dobkin. New Line Cinema/Tapestry Films, 2005.

Whatever your pleasure, I can facilitate. You need weed, you need meth—hey, you need Prozac, I'm your man. I know how you white boys always deal with that depression. I mean me personally, I don't understand what you white boys are all depressed about. Hey, you're white! Smile!

The Longest Yard

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Topic

White privilege

Speaker

Caretaker

Actor

Chris Rock

Source

The Longest Yard

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports comedy (film) Sports (film) Sports comedy Sports

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Longest Yard. Directed by Peter Segal, Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures/MTV Films/Happy Madison Productions/Callahan Filmworks, 2005.

It is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.

George W. Bush

Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush

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Topic

American foreign policy Spread of freedom and democracy

Speaker

George W. Bush

Source

Second Inaugural Address of George W. Bush Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bush, George W. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2005, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

A friend in need is a pest.

Wedding Crashers

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Topic

Friends

Speaker

Jeremy Grey

Actor

Vince Vaughn

Source

Wedding Crashers

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wedding Crashers. Directed by David Dobkin. New Line Cinema/Tapestry Films, 2005.

The mind is an excellent servant but a terrible master.

David Foster Wallace

2005 Kenyon College commencement address

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Topic

Self-control Mindfulness The mind

Speaker

David Foster Wallace

Source

2005 Kenyon College commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Wallace, David Foster. Commencement address at Kenyon College. Commencement. 21 May 2005, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, USA.

Current Citation

Wallace, David Foster. This is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion about Living a Compassionate Life. Little, Brown and Company, 2009.

The collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.

Vladimir Putin

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Topic

Soviet Union Russia International politics Politics

Speaker

Vladimir Putin

Source

2005 Address to Russian Parliament

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

Russian

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Putin, Vladimir. "Annual Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation." 25 Apr. 2005, The Kremlin, Moscow, Russia.