Just old age. It's the only disease, Mr. Thompson, you don't look forward to being cured of.

Citizen Kane

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Topic

Old age Fear of death Death

Speaker

Mr. Bernstein

Actor

Everett Sloane

Source

Citizen Kane

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Citizen Kane. Directed by Orson Welles. RKO Radio Pictures/Mercury Productions, 1941.

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The highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!

Nikos Kazantzakis

Zorba the Greek

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Awe

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Nikos Kazantzakis
Source
Zorba the Greek
Medium
Novel
Language
Greek
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Life and State of Alexis Zorba]. Athens: Dimitrakou, 1946, ch. 24.

Current Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Zorba the Greek, translated by Peter Bien. Simon & Schuster, 2014, ch. 24.

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I hope I die before I get old.

The Who

My Generation

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Topic
Old age
Speaker
The Who
Source
My Generation
Medium
Song
Genre
Rock music
Statement Type
Wish
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Townshend, Peter. My Generation. Performed by The Who. Brunswick Records, 1965.

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What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.

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Topic
Moral relativism Moral theory Morality
Speaker
Alfred North Whitehead
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead, edited by Lucien Price. David. R. Godine, 2008, ch. 22. Originally from dialogue with Lucien Price, 30 Aug. 1941.

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Wax on, wax off.

Mr. Miyagi

The Karate Kid

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Mr. Miyagi
Actor
Pat Morita
Source
The Karate Kid
Medium
Film
Genre
Martial arts (film) Drama (film) Martial arts Drama
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1984 1980s 20th century
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Citation

The Karate Kid. Directed by John G. Avildsen, Delphi II Productions/Jerry Weintraub Productions, 1984.