2013

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Risk is what keeps us young, isn't it, darling?

The Wolf of Wall Street

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Topic

Taking risks Youth

Speaker

Aunt Emma

Actor

Joanna Lumley

Source

The Wolf of Wall Street

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Crime (film) Biography Crime

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

The Wolf of Wall Street. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Red Granite Pictures, Appian Way Productions/Sikelia Productions/EMJAG Productions, 2013.

You know, I think you gotta be a little deluded
to stay motivated.

Before Midnight

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Topic

Delusion Motivation

Speaker

Jesse

Actor

Ethan Hawke

Source

Before Midnight

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Drama (film) Romantic drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

There’s only one thing I hate more than lying: skim milk. Which is water that's lying about being milk.

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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Lying Milk

Speaker

Ron Swanson

Actor

Nick Offerman

Source

Parks and Recreation

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"Partridge." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Dave King, directed by Tristram Shapeero, season 5, episode 17, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2013.

But not knowing is not so bad. I mean, the point is to be looking, searching. To stay hungry, right?

Before Midnight

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Topic

Uncertainty Curiosity Seeking

Speaker

Celine

Actor

Julie Delpy

Source

Before Midnight

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Drama (film) Romantic drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

We have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.

Barack Obama

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Political progress

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths—that all of us are created equal—is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall.

Barack Obama

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Equality American ideals American history

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

You know you don't want to go anywhere, and that's why the same shit is going to keep happening to you, because you want it to.

Inside Llewyn Davis

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Self-sabotage

Speaker

Jean

Actor

Carey Mulligan

Source

Inside Llewyn Davis

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Black comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Inside Llewyn Davis. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, StudioCanal/Anton Capital Entertainment/Scott Rudin Productions/Mike Zoss Productions, 2013.

You know what I think? I think its from the time we leave our parents house until we have kids - that's the only time your life is completely your own. You know I think I had about a decade of that. It was great. It was just like one long, flowing... a day, a week, a year, there wasn't much difference.

Before Midnight

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Topic

Having children

Speaker

Jesse

Actor

Ethan Hawke

Source

Before Midnight

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Drama (film) Romantic drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Before Midnight. Directed by Richard Linklater, Castle Rock Entertainment/Venture Forth/Detour Filmproduction, 2013.

Art is a completed pass. You don't just throw it out into the world-someone has to catch it.

James Turrell

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Topic

Artist and audience Nature of art Art

Speaker

James Turrell

Source

Harper's Bazaar

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 20th century

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Citation

Turrell, James. "Incredible Lightness: Pace Artist James Turrell Prepares for Superstardom." Interviewed by Julie L. Belcove. Harper's Bazaar, online slideshow, 19 Apr. 2013, http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/g2667/james-turrell-interview-0513/?slide=4.

If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?

Pope Francis

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Topic

Homosexuality Judging others Grace Catholicism

Speaker

Pope Francis

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Statement Type

Question

Language

Italian

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Pope Francis. "On Gay Priests, Pope Francis Asks, 'Who Am I to Judge?" The New York Times, July 2013. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/world/europe/pope-francis-gay-priests.html

Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.

Malala Yousafzai

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Topic

Changing the world Taking action Activism Progress Politics

Speaker

Malala Yousafzai

Source

Glamour Magazine

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Yousafzai, Malala. "Malala Yousafzai: The Girls' Hero." Glamour Magazine, 30 Oct. 2013.

I've often fantasized I would get a lot of writing done if I were put in prison for a minor crime. Three to six months.

Amy Tan

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Topic

Productivity Writing

Author

Amy Tan

Source

The New York Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Tan, Amy. "Amy Tan: By the Book." The New York Times, 14 Nov. 2013.

We, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. We believe that America’s prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class.

Barack Obama

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Oligarchy Economic inequality American prosperity

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The commitments we make to each other through Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, these things do not sap our initiative, they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great.

Barack Obama

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Social democracy Social solidarity American government

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Obama, Barack. "Second Inaugural Address." 21 Jan. 2013, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

I want to write so that the reader in Des Moines, Iowa, in Kowloon, China, in Cape Town, South Africa, can say, "You know, that's the truth. I wasn't there, and I wasn't a six-foot black girl, but that's the truth."

Maya Angelou

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Universality of literature Power of literature Writing

Speaker

Maya Angelou

Source

Time Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Angelou, Maya. Interviewed by Belinda Luscome. Time, 8 Apr. 2013.

One thing that I really like about teaching is that you have to work very hard not to lose the respect of your students.

Tania Bruguera

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Teachers and students Teaching Education

Speaker

Tania Bruguera

Source

Artslant

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Bruguera, Tania. Interviewed by Erik Wenzel. Artslant, May 2013, www.artslant.com/global/artists/rackroom/22895-tania-bruguera.