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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The stuff that dreams are made of.

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Medium
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Time
1941 1940s 20th century
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The Maltese Falcon. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros., 1941.

Another quote about Alcohol

Claret is the liquor for the boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.

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Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Alcohol Drinking
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Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell
Source
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D
Genre
Biography
Language
English
Time
1779 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 7 Apr. 1779.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

Another quote from 1940

It is a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it: if you utterly decline to make do with what you can get, then somehow or other you are very likely to get what you want.

W. Somerset Maugham

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Getting what you want

Author

W. Somerset Maugham
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Maugham, William Somerset. "The Treasure." The Mixture as Before. William Heinemann/Doubleday Doran, 1940.