Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people.

It's a Wonderful Life

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

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We must travel in the direction of our fear.

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Author

John Berryman
Source
A Point of Age
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Berryman, John. "A Point of Age." Poems. New Directions, 1942.

Another quote about Youth

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

Alfred North Whitehead

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Youth

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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

Anything you can do, I can do better, I can do anything better than you.

Irving Berlin

Anything You Can Do

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Topic
Men and women

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Irving Berlin
Source
Anything You Can Do
Medium
Song
Genre
Great American songbook
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Berlin, Irving. "Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)." Annie Get Your Gun. Directed by Joshua Logan. Performed by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton. 16 May 1946, Imperial Theatre, New York City, NY, USA.

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It's classified. I could tell ya, but then I'd have to kill ya.

Top Gun

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Government secrets
Speaker
Maverick
Actor
Tom Cruise
Source
Top Gun
Medium
Film
Genre
Action (film) Drama (film) Action Drama
Language
English
Time
1986 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Top Gun. Directed by Tony Scott, Paramount Pictures/Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1986.