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Song · Rock music

Oh yeah, life goes on long after the thrill of livin' is gone.

John Mellencamp

Jack and Diane · 1982

★ 6.2

A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune.

Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ · 1880

★ 6.1

Philosophical literature

The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities.

1987

★ 5.3

Hello babies. Welcome to earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies- "God damn it, you've got to be kind."

1965

★ 5.2

Political literature · Philosophical literature

The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contradictory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers... Of all men to the extent they desire to know. But in fact, this includes only a few, the true friends, as Plato was to Aristotle at the very moment they were disagreeing about the nature of the good... They were absolutely one soul as they looked at the problem. This, according to Plato, is the only real friendship, the only real common good. It is here that the contact people so desperately seek is to be found.

The Closing of the American Mind · 1987

★ 5.2

Courtroom speech · Speech

Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, while there is a lower class I am in it, while there is a criminal element I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

1918

★ 5.1

Song · Great American songbook

Birds do it, bees do it, Even educated fleas do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love.

Let's Do It · 1928

★ 5.1

You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Desiderata · 1933

★ 5.1

Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

1957

★ 4.4

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy-but that could change.

1989

★ 4.4

Patriotism, as I see it, is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

George Jean Nathan

1931

★ 4.3

"Whom are you?" he asked, for he had attended business college.

1898

★ 3.6

Political literature · Philosophical literature

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency-the belief that the here and now is all there is.

The Closing of the American Mind · 1987

★ 3.6

Oh! the old swimmin' hole! When I last saw the place, The scenes was all changed, like the change in my face.

James Whitcomb Riley

1883

★ 3.5

Song · Great American songbook

It was great fun, But it was just one of those things.

Just One of Those Things · 1935

★ 3.5

The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests has said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits to thought." The Greeks said, "All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set to thought."

The Greek Way · 1930

★ 3.5

Song · Great American songbook

In olden days, a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking, But now, God knows, Anything goes.

Anything Goes · 1934

★ 3.5

The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.

1941

★ 3.5

Song · Great American songbook

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above, Don't fence me in. Let me ride through the wide open country that I love, Don't fence me in.

Don't Fence Me In · 1944

★ 3.5

Standup comedy · Comedy

It's amazing how our attitude on alcohol changes, right? Cause even as a teenager you know it's wrong. You're like, "You know, I don't like the taste of it, but I want to look cool." And then in your twenties you're like, "You know what, this kinda gives me confidence to talk to the opposite sex." Then in your forties you're like, "You know what, this is the only thing I like about being alive."

Obsessed · 2014

★ 3.5

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