Second chances

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The time to make up your mind about people is never.

The Philadelphia Story

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Topic

Second chances Judging others

Speaker

Tracy Lord

Actor

Katharine Hepburn

Source

The Philadelphia Story

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

The Philadelphia Story. Directed by George Cukor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940.

The public seldom forgive twice.

Johann Kasper Lavater

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Topic

Public opinion Second chances

Author

Johann Kasper Lavater

Language

German

Time

1773 1770s 18th century

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Original Citation

Lavater, Johann Caspar. Aphorisms of Man. London: J. Johnson, 1788, no. 606.

Current Citation

Lavater, Johann Caspar. "Annotations to Lavater's Aphorisms on Man." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.

There are no second acts in American lives.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Topic

Second chances Redemption America

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

The Last Tycoon

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Last Tycoon. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941, notes.

People are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.

Helen Prejean

Quoted in The New York Times Magazine

Describing her opposition to the death penalty.

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Topic

Capital punishment Second chances

Speaker

Helen Prejean

Source

The New York Times Magazine

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Prejean, Helen. Quoted in "Sister Sympathy." Written by Sue Helpren. The New York Times Magazine, 9 May 1993.