The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly, Roy.

Blade Runner

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Topic

Living life to the fullest Dying young

Speaker

Dr. Eldon Tyrell

Actor

Joe Turkel

Source

Blade Runner

Medium

Film

Genre

Dystopian (film) Science fiction (film) Dystopian Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott, The Ladd Company/Blade Runner Partnership/Shaw Brothers Studio, 1982.

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Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.

Rita Mae Brown

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Topic
Insanity

Author

Rita Mae Brown
Language
English
Time
1983 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Brown, Rita Mae. Sudden Death. Bantam Books, 1983, ch. 4.

Another quote about Living life to the fullest

Seize the day, put no trust in the morrow!

Horace

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Topic
Living life to the fullest Living in the moment

Author

Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Advice
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 1, no. 11.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 11.

Another quote from the following genre Science fiction

Maybe Jesus was right when he said that the meek shall inherit the earth-but they inherit very small plots, about six feet by three.

Robert A. Heinlein

Time Enough for Love

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Topic
The meek

Author

Robert A. Heinlein
Source
Time Enough for Love
Medium
Novel
Genre
Science fiction
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Heinlein, Robert A. "The Tale of the Twins Who Weren't." Time Enough for Love. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973.