Cats

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In a burning building...I would save a cat before a Rembrandt.

Alberto Giacometti

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Topic

Value of life Hypothetical situations Relative value Cats Art

Speaker

Alberto Giacometti

Genre

Biography

Language

Unclear

Time

20th century

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Citation

Lord, James. Giacometti: A Biography. Macmillan, 1997, ch. 44.

He can't lift the seat, Greg. He lacks the strength in the opposable thumbs.

Jack Byrnes

Meet the Parents

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Topic

Cats Man and animals Animals

Speaker

Jack Byrnes

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

Meet the Parents

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Meet the Parents. Directed by Jay Roach, TriBeCa Productions/Nancy Tenenbaum Productions, 2000.

When I play with my cat, who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic

Cats

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Apologie de Raimond Sebond [Apology for Raimond Sebond]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "An Apology for Raymond Sebond." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

You see, Greg, when you yell at a dog, his tail will go between his legs and cover his genitals, his ears will go down. A dog is very easy to break, but cats make you work for their affection. They don't sell out the way dogs do.

Jack Byrnes

Meet the Parents

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Topic

Cats and dogs Cats Dogs

Speaker

Jack Byrnes

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

Meet the Parents

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Meet the Parents. Directed by Jay Roach, TriBeCa Productions/Nancy Tenenbaum Productions, 2000.

The trouble with a kitten is
THAT
Eventually it becomes a
CAT.

Ogden Nash

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Topic

Cats

Author

Ogden Nash

Source

The Kitten

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nash, Ogden. "The Kitten." The Face Is Familiar: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash. Garden City Publishing Company, 1941.

Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Cats

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 21. Originally from Notebook, 2 Feb. 1894.

Any dog under 50 pounds is a cat, and cats are pointless.

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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Topic

Cats and dogs Dogs Cats Pets

Speaker

Ron Swanson

Actor

Nick Offerman

Source

Parks and Recreation

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Emergency Response." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Norm Hiscock, directed by Dean Holland, season 5, episode 13, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2013.