Every positive value has its price in negative terms... The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic

Pros and cons Yin and yang

Speaker

Pablo Picasso

Language

French

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Spain Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Picasso, Pablo. Quoted in Life with Picasso, written by Francoise Gilot and Carlton Lake. McGraw-Hill, 1964, pt. 2.

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Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get out hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops, depending on the breaks.

George C. Scott

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Medium
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Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Dr. Strangelove. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Hawk Films, 1964.

Another quote about Yin and yang

Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain.

Bob Dylan

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Not Dark Yet Time Out of Mind
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1997 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Dylan, Bob. "Not Dark Yet." Time Out of Mind. Columbia Records, 1997.

Another quote originally in French

If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

Voltaire

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Topic
Problem of evil

Author

Voltaire
Source
Candide
Medium
Novel
Genre
Satire
Statement Type
Question
Language
French
Time
1759 1750s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 6.