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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I like to find
what's not found
at once, but lies
within something of another nature
in repose, distinct.

Denise Levertov

Pleasures

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Topic
Seeking

Author

Denise Levertov
Source
Pleasures
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1959 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Levertov, Denise. "Pleasures." With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads. New Directions Publishing, 1959, I. 1.

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But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic
The future The long run Economic theory Economics Death

Author

John Maynard Keynes
Source
A Tract on Monetary Reform
Genre
Economic literature
Language
English
Time
1924 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. A Tract on Monetary Reform. MacMillan and Co., 1924, p. 80.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923)." The Essential Keynes, edited by Robert Skidelsky. Penguin, 2016.

Another quote from the following genre Drama

Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.

It's a Wonderful Life

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Topic
Friendship Friends
Speaker
Clarence
Actor
Henry Travers
Source
It's a Wonderful Life
Medium
Film
Genre
Christmas (film) Drama (film) Christmas Drama
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

It's a Wonderful Life. Directed by Frank Capra, Liberty Films, 1946.