Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.

On the Waterfront

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Topic

Dog eat dog world Preemptive war

Speaker

Terry Malloy

Actor

Marlon Brando

Source

On the Waterfront

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

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Citation

On the Waterfront. Directed by Elia Kazan, Horizon Pictures, 1954.

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Source
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Author

Mary Schmich
Source
Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young Chicago Tribune
Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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