A lot depends on who's in the saddle.

The Big Sleep

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Topic

Sex

Speaker

Vivian Rutledge

Actor

Lauren Bacall

Source

The Big Sleep

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Crime (film) Crime

Statement Type

Sexual innuendo

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

The Big Sleep. Directed by Howard Hawks, Warner Bros., 1946.

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Owe your banker 1,000 and you are at his mercy; owe him 1 million and the position is reversed.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic
Debt Finance

Author

John Maynard Keynes
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. Memo circulated to British War Cabinet. 15 May 1945.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "Overseas Financial Policy in Stage III (1945)." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016.

Another quote about Sex

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth.

Song of Solomon 3:1

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Topic
Desire Sex Love
Source
Song of Solomon The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
965 BC 960s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 3:1).

Another quote from 1946

There's no business like show business.

Irving Berlin

There's No Business Like Show Business

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Hollywood Show business
Speaker
Ethel Merman

Author

Irving Berlin
Source
There's No Business Like Show Business
Medium
Song
Genre
Great American songbook
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Berlin, Irving. "There's No Business Like Show Business." Annie Get Your Gun. Performed by Ethel Merman. 1946, Imperial Theatre, New York City, NY, USA, act 1.