Success is more dangerous than failure, (the ripples break over a wider coastline).

Graham Greene

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Topic

Success and failure Success Failure

Author

Graham Greene

Source

Ways of Escape

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. Ways of Escape. The Bodley Head, 1980, ch. 8, sec. 3.

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John R. Searle

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Topic
Artificial intelligence

Author

John R. Searle
Source
Minds, Brains, and Science
Language
English
Time
1984 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Searle, John R. "Minds, Brains, and Science." Reith Lectures. BBC Radio 4. 1984. Radio.

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Barack Obama

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Topic
Success in business Success American politics
Speaker
Barack Obama
Source
Speeches of Barack Obama
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
2012 2010s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Obama, Barack. Remarks at campaign appearance. 13 July 2012, Roanoke, VA, USA.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Little strokes fell great Oaks.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic
Butterfly effect Incremental progress Diligence Persistence

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1750 1750s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1750.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.