Funny how gentle people get with you once you're dead.

Sunset Boulevard

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Topic

Speaking ill of the dead Death

Speaker

Joe Gillis

Actor

William Holden

Source

Sunset Boulevard

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Sunset Boulevard. Directed by Billy Wilder, Paramount Pictures, 1950.

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It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

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Topic
Going to war Military strategy
Speaker
Douglas MacArthur
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1952 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

MacArthur, Douglas. Keynote address at the Republican National Convention. Republican National Convention. 7 July 1952, International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA.

Another quote about Death

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

James M. Barrie

Peter Pan

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Topic
Death

Author

James M. Barrie
Source
Peter Pan
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1904 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Barrie, James M. Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Performed by Gerald du Maurier, Nina Boucicault, Joan Burnett, Christine Silver, A.W. Baskcomb, and Alice DuBarry. 27 Dec. 1904, Duke of York's Theatre, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 3.

Current Citation

Barrie, James M. Peter Pan. Reader's Library Classics, 2022, ch. 8.

Another quote from the following genre Drama

If everything is imperfect in this world, love is perfect in its imperfection.

The Seventh Seal

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Topic
Nature of love Imperfection Love Fallen world
Speaker
Jöns
Actor
Gunnar Björnstrand
Source
The Seventh Seal
Medium
Film
Genre
Fantasy drama (film) Drama (film) Fantasy drama Drama
Language
Swedish
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.