War!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing.

Edwin Starr

War

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Topic

Anti-war War

Speaker

Edwin Starr

Source

War War & Peace (album)

Medium

Song

Genre

Protest song Soul music

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Musician

From

United States

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Citation

Strong, Barett and Norman Whitfield. "War." Performed by The Temptations. Psychedelic Shack. Gordy, 1970.

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Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where.

Judy Blume

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

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Topic
Growing up Adolescence
Speaker
Margaret Simon

Author

Judy Blume
Source
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Statement Type
Question Prayer
Language
English
Time
1970 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Blume, Judy. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Bradbury Press, 1970, ch. 5.

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To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch, but merely a provocative epigram for those who must make their arrangements in the world as given.

John Updike

Self-Consciousness

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Topic
War

Author

John Updike
Source
Self-Consciousness
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Updike, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989, ch. 4.