Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Anaïs Nin

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Topic

Courage Living life to the fullest Life

Author

Anaïs Nin

Source

Journals of Anaïs Nin

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Nin, Anaïs. "June, 1941." The Diary of Anaïs Nin, vol. 3, 1939-1944, edited by Gunther Stuhlmann. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1969.

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Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'

Winston Churchill

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Topic
World War II British empire
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
Their Finest Hour
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Their Finest Hour." House of Commons meeting. 18 June 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Alone: Their Finest Hour." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote about Living life to the fullest

I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.

Jack London

Read By the Turtles of Tasman at Project Gutenberg
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Topic
Living life to the fullest Jumping in Living in fear Fear
Speaker
Polly

Author

Jack London
Source
The Turtles of Tasman
Medium
Short story
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

London, Jack. The Turtles of Tasman. Macmillan, 1916.

Another quote from 1941

Submit to me as soon as possible a draft showing... Measures already taken for the execution of the intended final solution of the Jewish question.

Hermann Goring

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Topic
The Holocaust

Author

Hermann Goring
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Goering, Hermann. Directive to Reinhard Heydrich. 31 July 1941.