Champagne's funny stuff. I'm used to whisky. Whiskey is a slap on the back and champagne's heavy mist before my eyes.

The Philadelphia Story

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Champagne Whiskey Alcohol

Speaker

Macaulay Connor

Actor

Jimmy Stewart

Source

The Philadelphia Story

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

The Philadelphia Story. Directed by George Cukor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940.

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I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and a sword in my hands.

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1942 1940s 20th century
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Source
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Time
1825 1820s 19th century
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Current Citation

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W.H. Auden
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Herman Melville
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Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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