Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.

Robert Frost

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Topic

Home

Author

Robert Frost

Source

The Death of the Hired Man

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Death of the Hired Man." North of Boston. David Nutt, 1914.

Current Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Death of the Hired Man." Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays, edited by Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson. Library of America, 1995.

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The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; but that is the way to bet.

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Time
1919 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Keough, Hugh. Quoted in Collier's. Feb. 1919.

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E.T. Phone home.

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Medium
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Genre
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Time
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1982.

Another quote from 1914

The only freedom the gods grant us
Is this: to submit
Of our own free will to their sovereignty
We should do just that,
Since only in the illusion of freedom
Does freedom exist.

Fernando Pessoa

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Topic
God and man Fate vs. free will Free will

Author

Fernando Pessoa
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Portuguese
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Pessoa, Fernando (published as Ricardo Reis). "So esta liberdade nos concedem [The only freedom the gods grant us]." Odes. Edições Ática, 1952.

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Politics is show business for ugly people.

Bill Miller

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Topic
Politics
Speaker
Bill Miller
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1991 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Miller, Bill. Quoted in Dallas Morning News. 13 Oct. 1991.