Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.

Chinatown

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Topic

Effects of time

Speaker

Noah Cross

Actor

John Huston

Source

Chinatown

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Mystery (film) Mystery

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Chinatown. Directed by Roman Polanski, Long Road Productions/Robert Evans Company, 1974.

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This right of privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.

Byron White

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Topic
Abortion Right to privacy Constitutional law

Author

Byron White
Medium
Supreme Court opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
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Citation

White, Byron. United States, Supreme Court. Roe v. Wade. United States Reports, vol. 410, 22 Jan. 1973, pp. 113-. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/410/113/.

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Time, the devourer of all things.

Ovid

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Topic
Effects of time Relentlessness of time Time

Author

Ovid
Source
Metamorphoses
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
8 0s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Ovid. Metamorphōsēs [Metamorphoses]. c. 8 CE, bk. 15, l. 234.

Current Citation

Ovid. Metamorphoses, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2004, bk. 15, l. 234.