The unexpected

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The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promis'd joy.

Robert Burns

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Topic

Making plans Dashed hopes Fate The unexpected

Author

Robert Burns

Source

To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With the Plough.

Medium

Poem

Language

Scots

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Burns, Robert. "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785." Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Kilmarnock: John Wilson, 1786.

Current Citation

Burns, Robert. "To a Mouse." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited by Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994.

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Michael Palin

Monty Python's Flying Circus

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Topic

The unexpected

Speaker

Cardinal Ximinez

Actor

Michael Palin

Source

The Spanish Inquisition Monty Python's Flying Circus

Medium

TV show

Genre

Comedy (TV)

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

"The Spanish Inquisition." Monty Python's Flying Circus, written by Graham Chapman and John Cleese and Eric Idle, directed by Ian MacNaughton, season 2, episode 2, BBC, 1970.

It's a trip, you know? When you're a kid, you - you see the life you want, and it never crosses your mind that it's not gonna turn out that way.

Love and Basketball

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Topic

Twists and turns of life The unexpected

Speaker

Monica Wright

Actor

Sanaa Lathan

Source

Love and Basketball

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports (film) Drama (film) Sports Drama

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Love and Basketball. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, 2000.