Well, sir, there are other means of persuasion besides killing and threatening to kill.

The Maltese Falcon

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Topic

Persuasion

Speaker

Kasper Gutman

Actor

Sydney Greenstreet

Source

The Maltese Falcon

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Maltese Falcon. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros., 1941.

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Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.

Rick Blaine

Casablanca

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Topic
Coincidence
Speaker
Rick Blaine
Actor
Humphrey Bogart
Source
Casablanca
Medium
Film
Genre
Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1942.

Another quote from 1941

We have not journeyed all this way across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.

Winston Churchill

Speech to the Canadian Parliament, December 30, 1941

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Topic
The British people World War II
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
Speech to the Canadian Parliament, December 30, 1941
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Some Chicken! Some Neck!" Joint session of Canadian Parliament. 30 Dec. 1941, Ottawa, Canada. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Some chicken! Some neck!', 30 December 1941, Parliament, Ottawa." Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches. A&C Black, 2013.