Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people.

It's a Wonderful Life

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Topic

Youth

Speaker

Man on Porch

Actor

Dick Elliott

Source

It's a Wonderful Life

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas (film) Drama (film) Christmas Drama

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

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

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Another quote from the 1940s

You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six, or seven, or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught.

Rodgers and Hammerstein

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Topic
Hate Prejudice and bias

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Rodgers and Hammerstein
Source
You've Got to Be Carefully Taught South Pacific
Medium
Song Musical
Genre
Great American songbook
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Hammerstein, Oscar, II. "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught." South Pacific. Composted by Richard Rodgers. 1949, Majestic Theatre, New York City, New York, USA.

Another quote about Youth

The deepest definition of Youth is, Life as yet untouched by tragedy.

Alfred North Whitehead

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Youth

Author

Alfred North Whitehead
Source
Adventures of Ideas
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
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Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Adventures of Ideas. The Macmillan Company/Simon and Schuster, 1933, ch. 20, sec. 5.

Another quote from 1946

I can't prove you are a Communist. But when I see a bird that quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, has feathers and webbed feet and associates with ducks-I'm certainly going to assume that he is a duck.

Emil Mazey

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Topic
Communism
Speaker
Emil Mazey
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Mazey, Emil. Spoken at labor meeting of the United Automobile Workers. Labor meeting. 1946, Detroit, MI, USA.

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Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted? One moment. Would you capture it? Or just let it slip?

8 Mile

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Going for it Opportunities
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Jimmy 'B-Rabbit' Smith
Actor
Eminem
Source
8 Mile
Medium
Film
Genre
Musical (film) Drama (film) Musical Drama
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
2002 2000s 21st century
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Citation

8 Mile. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Imagine Entertainment/Mikona Productions/GmbH & Co. KG, 2002.