Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Beauty Gardens Disenchanted world

Author

Douglas Adams

Source

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Medium

Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Pan Books, 1979, ch. 16.

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Well-behaved women seldom make history.

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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Vertuous Women Found American Quarterly
Medium
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Language
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Time
1976 1970s 20th century
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Thatcher Ulrich, Laurel. "Vertuous Women Found: New England Ministerial Literature, 1668-1735." American Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1.

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The curves of your lips rewrite history.

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Oscar Wilde
Source
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Medium
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Language
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Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1891, ch. 20.

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Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 20.

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I am your father.

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Darth Vader
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Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Medium
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Genre
Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction
Language
English
Time
1980 1980s 20th century
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Directed by Irvin Kershner, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1980.

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Why seek ye the living among the dead?

Jesus

Luke 24:5

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Jesus's resurrection
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Jesus
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Gospel of Luke The Bible
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Time
61 60s 1st century
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 24:5).