At the still point, there the dance is.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

Stillness Dancing

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

Burnt Norton Four Quartets

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Eliot, T. S. “Burnt Norton.” Collected Poems 1909–1935. Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1936, pt. 2.

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Birth, and copulation, and death.
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Topic
Nature of life Life
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T.S. Eliot
Source
Fragment of an Agon
Language
English
Time
1932 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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They are unanimous in their hatred for me-and I welcome their hatred.

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Topic
Eff the haters Hate Political conflict
Speaker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Medium
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Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Reelection campaign speech. 31 Oct. 1936, Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA.

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Doubt grows with knowledge.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Topic
Doubt and skepticism

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
German
Time
1819 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Individual Points." Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [On Art and Antiquity]. 1826, vol. 5, issue 3.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, edited by Peter Hutchinson, translated by Elisabeth Stopp. Penguin Classics, 1999, no. 281.