I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged.

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

The Shawshank Redemption

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Topic

Confinement Prison Freedom

Speaker

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

Actor

Morgan Freeman

Source

The Shawshank Redemption

Medium

Film

Genre

Prison drama (film) Drama (film) Prison drama Drama

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Shawshank Redemption. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.

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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

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Author

Thomas Jefferson
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to William Stephens Smith. 13 Nov. 1787.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "Col. Smith, Nov. 13, 1787." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

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Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have fucked with? That's me.

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Topic
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Actor
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Citation

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Though inland far we be,
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Which brought us hither.

William Wordsworth

Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollection of Early Childhood

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Topic
Heaven

Author

William Wordsworth
Source
Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollection of Early Childhood
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1807 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Ode." Poems, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. st. 9.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Ode ('There was a time')." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, st. 9.