1968 · Skopia

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1968

★ 7.1

If he had lost Walter Cronkite he had lost Mr. Average Citizen.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1968

★ 7.0

Scientific literature

We had found the secret of life!

Francis Crick

1968

★ 6.9

TV program

It seems now more certain than ever that the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate.

Walter Cronkite

1968

★ 6.9

Song · Pop

A little less conversation, a little more action please.

Elvis Presley

A Little Less Conversation · 1968

★ 5.5

Speech · Political speech

The nation is sick, trouble is in the land, confusion all around... But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I've Been to the Mountaintop · 1968

★ 5.5

Song

You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all wanna change the world.

The Beatles

Revolution · 1968

★ 5.5

Speech

Like anybody, I would like to live a long life; longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. And I'm happy tonight, I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I See the Promised Land · 1968

★ 5.4

Song · Country music

Stand by your man And show the world you love him, Keep giving all the love you can.

Tammy Wynette

Stand by Your Man · 1968

★ 5.4

Essay

I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise, they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a. M. Of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.

Joan Didion

On Keeping a Notebook · 1968

★ 5.3

Autobiography and memoir

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.

Edward Abbey

Desert Solitaire · 1968

★ 5.2

Novel

The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop.

John Updike

Couples · 1968

★ 5.2

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Stanislaw Lec

1968

★ 5.2

Picture a pasture open to all... The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course for him to pursue is to add another animal to his herd. And another; and another... But this is the conclusion reached by each and every rational herdsman sharing a commons. Therein is the tragedy. Each man is locked into a system that compels him to increase his herd without limit-in a world that is limited.

Garrett Hardin

The Tragedy of the Commons · 1968

★ 5.0

Novel

There was peace in their hearts. They were filled with the fearlessness of those who have lost everything, the fearlessness which is not easy to come by but which endures.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

In the First Circle · 1968

★ 4.3

Song · Soul music

Say it loud: "I'm Black and I'm Proud." Some people say we've got a lot of malice, Some say it's a lot of nerve. But I say we won't quit moving Until we get what we deserve.

James Brown

Say It Loud · 1968

★ 3.7

Interview · Magazine

The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent.

Stanley Kubrick

1968

★ 3.6

Film · Epic (film) · Science fiction (film) · Epic · Science fiction

I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.

HAL 9000

2001: A Space Odyssey · 1968

★ 3.6

Play

The car, the furniture, the wife, the children-everything has to be disposable. Because you see the main thing today is-shopping.

Arthur Miller

The Price · 1968

★ 3.5

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.

Muriel Rukeyser

1968

★ 3.5

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