Duplicate quotes through different reasons
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Hello 👋
First, I want to thank you for curating those quotes 🎉
I just checked the quotes.json in the main branch and found multiple duplicates:
> jq '.[].text' quotes.json | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | head
2 "When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."
2 "There is no greater harm than that of time wasted."
2 "The path to success is to take massive, determined action."
2 "The best way to predict your future is to create it."
2 "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
2 "He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much."
2 "All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small."
1 "You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
1 "You won't skid if you stay in a rut."
1 "You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger."
I checked the duplicates manually (see list below) and maybe we could agree on a solution for each case.
If so, I would happily volunteer with PRs to fix the issues.
1. Quote: When you are content to be simply yourself ...
Duplicated due to same author with different spellings: Lao Tzu vs Laozi.
Maybe we can settle for one spelling?
2. Quote: There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
Same author – Michelangelo – but one entry with source and tags, the other without.
I guess we can remove the entry without source and tags.
3. Quote: The path to success is to take massive, determined action
Same author, but sometimes his full name is used, sometimes not: Anthony Robbins vs. Tony Robbins.
Tough one, but maybe we could migrate to something like Anthony "Tony" Robbins?
4. Quote: The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Same quote, but attributed to two different persons: Abraham Lincoln vs Peter Drucker.
Maybe we should fact-check it.
5. Quote: Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Same author – Bernard Shaw – but one entry with source and tags, the other without.
I guess we can remove the entry without source and tags.
6. Quote: He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
Same quote, but attributed to two different persons: Lao Tzu vs. Richard Braunstein.
Maybe we should fact-check it.
7. Quote: All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
Once again, different spelling of the name: Lao Tzu vs. Lao-Tzu.
Should be harmonized.
Hi @pscheid92 👋
Stoked you found the repo and you have proactively opened this issue to help us decuplicate it! 🎉
Agree with all your suggestions. Pick the name that is most used e.g “Lau Tsu” in English.
Even though the Wikipedia article is titled “Laozi” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi
When a quote has been attributed to multiple people maybe let’s open an issue for each one and do a Quote Investigator https://quoteinvestigator.com lookup for each one. 🤔
We would be delighted if you have time to open a pull request with fixes. 💡
Thanks!
@pscheid92 excellent! Thanks! 🙌