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"A Question of Life or Death," speech, Louisville, Kentucky, March 1956
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"Apophthegms", 1854
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"Ars Amatoria", c. 2 BC
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"As Much Truth As One Can Bear," New York Times Book Review, 1962
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"As Much Truth As One Can Bear," The New York Times Book Review, 1962
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"Boston," poem, 1830s
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"Counsels and Maxims", 1851
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"Dreams," 1922
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"Experience," Essays: Second Series, 1844
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"How It Feels to Be Colored Me," World Tomorrow, 1928
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"I Have a Dream" speech, Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963
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"I Leap Over the Wall", 1949
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"If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress," speech, 1857
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"John Brown," 1909
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"Learning from the 60s," speech at Harvard, February 1982
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"Meditations", Book II, c. 161–180 AD
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"Still I Rise," And Still I Rise, 1978
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"The Blank Book", 1999
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"The Essential Rumi", translated by Coleman Barks
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"The Harvest Bow," Field Work, 1979
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"The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", 1793
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"Vertuous Women Found," American Quarterly, 1976
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"Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson", 1870
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1755
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1973, on the Mets' pennant chase
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A Calendar of Wisdom, 1908
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A Clash of Kings, 1998
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A Confession, 1882
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A Dance with Dragons, 2011
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A Farewell to Arms, 1929
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A Grief Observed, 1961
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A Servant to Servants, 1914
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A Walk to Remember, 1999
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A Woman of No Importance, 1893
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Address to the Annual Meeting of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, March 30, 1961
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Address to the nation, 1962
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Address to the National Prayer Breakfast, 1963
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adopted from the Delphic maxim
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An Ideal Husband, 1895
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Analects, 2.15
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Analects, 2.17
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Anna Karenina, 1878
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Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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Anthem, 1992
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Aphorisms
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Apophthegms, 1854
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Ars Amatoria, Book II
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As quoted by Edith Wharton in A Backward Glance, 1934
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Atomic Habits, 2018
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attributed
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Attributed in classical Arabic wisdom literature
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Attributed in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
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attributed to Confucius, various collections
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Attributed to trial request, widely reported
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attributed via Diogenes Laertius
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attributed via Plato, Apology
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attributed, addressed at Karbala
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attributed, c. 1907
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attributed, Karbala
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Attributed, moral essays
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Attributed, moral writings
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attributed, Nahj al-Balagha tradition
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attributed, widely documented
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Autobiography, 1913
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BBC Sherlock, Series 1, Episode 1: A Study in Pink, 2010
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BBC Sherlock, Series 2, Episode 1: A Scandal in Belgravia, 2012
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BBC Sherlock, Series 2, Episode 3: The Reichenbach Fall, 2012
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BBC Sherlock, Series 3 finale post-credits sequence, 2014
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BBC Sherlock, Series 3, Episode 2: The Sign of Three, 2014
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BBC Sherlock, Series 4, Episode 3: The Final Problem, 2017
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Bellefleur
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Betsy-Tacy, 1940
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Big Magic, 2015
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Book of Ecclesiastes, Hebrew Bible
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Book of Proverbs, Hebrew Bible
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Dandelion Wine, 1957
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De Profundis, 1905
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Dead Poets Society, 1989
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Declaration of Independence, 1776
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Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery
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Der Sohn der Wildnis
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Despicable Me franchise
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Despicable Me, 2010
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Dhammapada
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Discourses
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Discourses, Book I
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Discourses, Book III
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, 1951
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Doglapan, 2023
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I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 2011
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I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!, 1978
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969
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I no naka no kawazu taikai wo shirazu
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Intentions, 1891
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interview
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Interview referencing Villanova, 2022
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interview, 1977
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interview, 1990s
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Interview, 2000s
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Interview, 2006
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Interview, 2011
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Interview, 2015
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Interview, 2017
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Interview, 2018
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Interview, 2021
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Interview, c. 2005
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Interview, circa 1990s
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Interview, Red Bull Music Academy, 2014
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Interview, TED Talk, 2022
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interview, USA Today, 1988
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Interview, various
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Interview, various sources 1990s-2000s
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Interview, widely cited
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Interviews and lectures, 1970s-1980s
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Jacula Prudentum, 1651
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Jane Eyre, 1847
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Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion, 1820
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Jim Davis, Garfield comic strip
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John Brown, 1909
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John of the Mountains, 1938
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Journal
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Journal, 1840
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Journal, 1856
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Journal, 1859
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Journal, April 20, 1840
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Journal, January 1852
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Journals, 1843
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Julius Caesar, c. 1599
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July 15 folk saying, documented widely before 1800
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Labor Day speech, Syracuse, 1903
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Lacon, 1820
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Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892
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Last words, October 9, 1967, La Higuera, Bolivia
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Le Dépit Amoureux, 1656
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Leaves of Grass, 1855
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Leaves of Grass, 1855; quoted by Keating
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Leaves of Grass, 1865; quoted throughout Dead Poets Society
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Les Miserables, 1862
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Les Misérables, 1862
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Les Plaisirs et les Jours, 1896
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Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963
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Letter to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776
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Letter to Frederick the Great, 1767
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Letter to George Thompson, June 30, 1825
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Letter to Henry L. Pierce, 1859
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Letter to Henry L. Pierce, April 6, 1859
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Letter to his children, 1965
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Letter to his daughter, 1865
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Letter to his parents, 1965
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Letter to James Madison, 1788
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Letter to James Monroe, June 17, 1785
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Letter to John Adams, June 10, 1815
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Letter to Louis Untermeyer, 1916
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Letter to Menoeceus
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Letter to Mrs. Joseph Haven, 1852
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Letter to My Daughter, 2008
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Letter to Oskar Pollak, January 27, 1904
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Letter to Theo van Gogh, 1885
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Letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith, 1825
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Letter to William Stephens Smith, 1787
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Letter, 1788
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Letter, 1857
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Letters of Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1952
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Letters to Lucilius
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Letters to Lucilius, c. 65 AD
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Letters to Lucilius, Letter 2
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Letters to Lucilius, Letter 45
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Letters to Lucilius, Letter 7
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Letters to Lucilius, Letter 76
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Letters to Lucilius, Letter I
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Lettres provinciales, 1657
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Little Gidding, Four Quartets, 1942
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Little Women, 1868
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Long Walk to Freedom, 1994
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Love in the Time of Cholera, 1985
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Man and Superman, 1903
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Man's Search for Meaning, 1946
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Manusmriti 3.56
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Matthew 17:20, New International Version
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Maxims for Revolutionists, 1903
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Meditations
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Meditations, Book 2
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Meditations, Book 4
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Meditations, Book 5
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Meditations, Book 7
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Meditations, Book 8
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Meditations, Book IX
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Meditations, Book VII
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Meditations, Book X
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Meditations, Book XII
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Medium Raw, 2010
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Mencius, Book II A
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Mencius, Book III B
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Mencius, Book IV A
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Mencius, Book IV B, c. 4th century BCE
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Mencius, Book VI A
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Mencius, Book VI B
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Mencius, Book VII A
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Mencius, Book VII B
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Mending Wall, 1914
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Message to the Tricontinental, 1967
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Minions franchise
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Minions, 2015
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Minnesota State Fair speech, 1901
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Moral essays
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Moralia, c. 100 AD
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Nana korobi ya oki, Edo period Japan
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NBA media availability, 2023
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NBA media availability, 2024
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NBA media day, 2022
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NBA playoff media, 2023
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NBA press conference, 2022
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NBA press conference, 2023
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New York Times Magazine, 1953
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Nicholas Nickleby, 1839
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Nicomachean Ethics
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Nicomachean Ethics (paraphrased by Will Durant)
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Nike advertisement, 1997
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Nike commercial, 1997
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NME interview, 2020
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Notebook, 1904
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October 8, 1967, upon capture in Bolivia
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Of Friendship
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on a popular restaurant
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On Gardening
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On joining LA Galaxy, March 2018
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On joining the internet industry, various interviews
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On leaving Paris Saint-Germain, 2016
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on shadows in left field at Yankee Stadium
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On the Shortness of Life
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On the Shortness of Life, c. 49 AD
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on why the Yankees lost
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On Writing, 2000
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On Writing, attributed
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, 2000
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Organon of Medicine
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paraphrase from Plato, Apology
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paraphrase of Nicomachean Ethics
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Paraphrased from Stoic philosophy
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Parts Unknown
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Pennsylvania Assembly reply to the Governor, 1755
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Peter Pan
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Philosophical Dictionary, 1764
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Photographic essay and interviews
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Plato's Apology, 399 BC
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Plato's Apology, c. 399 BC
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Plato, Apology
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Plato, Apology, 399 BC
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Plato, Phaedo
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies, 1957
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Poem Fr949, c. 1864
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Politics, Book VI, c. 350 BC
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Poor Richard's Almanack
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Poor Richard's Almanack, 1735
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Poor Richard's Almanack, attributed
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Post-Villanova interview, 2018
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Press conference, 2012
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Pride and Prejudice, 1813
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Principal Doctrines
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Purple Haze, 1967
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Sand and Foam, 1926
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Scarface, 1983
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Secret Knowledge lecture series, 2003
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Self-Culture, 1838
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Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme, 1738
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Shark Tank India, Season 1
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Shatter Me, 2011
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Society and Solitude, 1870
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Sonnet 116, c. 1609
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Sonnet 18, c. 1609
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Sonnet XVII, 100 Love Sonnets, 1960
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Speak, Memory, 1951
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Special Message to the Congress on the State of the Union, January 8, 1947
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Speech at St. John's Church, 1775
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Speech at the United Nations, December 11, 1964
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Speech on the Seventy-Fourth Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1936
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Speech to the Virginia Convention, 1775
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Speech to the Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775
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Speech, July 5, 1852
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Spring and All
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Stanford Commencement Address, 2005
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Stanford commencement address, 2005
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Stanford commencement, 2005
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Stanford University commencement, 2005
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, 1923
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Strength to Love, 1963
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Strengthening Your Grip, 1982
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SXSW, 2013
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Sycamore Row
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Tao Te Ching
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Taxi Driver, 1976
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The Addams Family (various adaptations)
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The Age of Louis XIV, 1752
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The American Crisis, 1776
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The Analects, Book I
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The Analects, Book II
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The Analects, Book II, c. 5th century BCE
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The Analects, Book VII
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol, 1898
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The Better Angels of Our Nature, 2011
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The Bible, English Standard Version
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The Bible, King James Version
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The Bible, New International Version
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The Book of Awakening
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The Bridge Across Forever, 1984
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The Brothers Karamazov, 1880
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The Crack-Up, 1936
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The Death of the Hired Man, 1914
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The Diary of a Young Girl
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The Diary of a Young Girl, 1947
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The Dive from Clausen's Pier
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The Edge of the Sea
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The Eye of the Story
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The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954
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The Figure a Poem Makes, 1939
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The First Step, 1892
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The Fran Lebowitz Reader, 1994
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The Gay Science, 1882
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The Glass Castle, 2005
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The Glass Menagerie, 1944
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The Godfather Part II, 1974
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The Godfather Part III, 1990
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The Godfather, 1972
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The Godfather, attributed in the film's world
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The Gospel of Wealth, 1889
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The Happy Prince and Other Tales, 1888
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The History of Love, 2005
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 1979
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The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, 1928
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The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895
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The Kingdom of God Is Within You, 1894
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The Lacuna, 2009
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The Lord of the Rings
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001 film adaptation
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, 1915
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The Merchant of Venice
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The Miracle of Mindfulness, 1975
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The Month of June
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The Motorcycle Diaries
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The Nasty Bits, 2006
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The Natural House, 1954
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The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
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The Notebook, 1996
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The Open Door, 1957
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower, 1999
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, 1999
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The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890
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The Prophet, 1923
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The Ready and Easy Way, 1660
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The Remarkable Rocket, 1888
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The Road Not Taken, 1916
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The Sandman, 1989
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The Shape of a Year, 1967
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The Social Contract, 1762
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The Soul of Man Under Socialism, 1891
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The Spectator, 1711
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The Spiritual Life
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The Sportswriter
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The Story of Philosophy, 1926
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The Strenuous Life speech, Chicago, 1899
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The Summer Day, 1990
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The Tatler, 1710
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The Transformers, 1980s cartoon
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The Transformers, 1984 cartoon
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The Transformers: The Movie, 1986
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The Use of Life, 1894
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The Vision of Sir Launfal, 1848
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The Wild Years, 1962
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The Writing Life, 1989
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Three Methods of Reform, 1900
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Time for Each Other, 1944
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To a manager during his career, widely reported
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To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time, 1648; quoted by Keating
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Traditional proverb, popularized in Poor Richard's Almanack (1736)
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Transformers films
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Transformers, 2007 film
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Transformers: Age of Extinction, 2014
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2009
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Travels with Charley, 1962
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Twilight of the Idols, 1889
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Walden, 1854
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Walden, 1854; recited by the Dead Poets Society club
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War and Peace, 1869
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What I Believe, 1930
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What Then Must We Do?, 1886
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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?, July 5, 1852
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widely attributed
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Widely attributed in classical Arabic wisdom literature
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widely attributed to basketball coach Tim Notke
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Widely attributed to Confucius
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widely attributed to Einstein
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widely attributed to Franklin A. Thomas, former president of the Ford Foundation
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widely attributed to Karen Lamb
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widely attributed to Roosevelt
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widely attributed to Twain
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widely attributed, c. 1902
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widely attributed, circa 1896
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widely attributed, labor movement speeches
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widely attributed, various speeches post-1990
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Widely cited interview
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Widely cited, multiple interviews
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Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939
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Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne, 1926
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Wuthering Heights, 1847
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