1950

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Alright, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.

Sunset Boulevard

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Topic

Celebrity Delusion

Speaker

Norma Desmond

Actor

Gloria Swanson

Source

Sunset Boulevard

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Sunset Boulevard. Directed by Billy Wilder, Paramount Pictures, 1950.

If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

George Orwell

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Topic

Freedom of speech and expression Nature of freedom Freedom

Author

George Orwell

Source

Times Literary Supplement

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Orwell, George. "The Freedom of Press." Times Literary Supplement. News UK, 15 Sept. 1972.

I have here in my hand a list of 205... A list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department.

Joseph McCarthy

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Topic

Red Scare Cold War Communism American politics

Speaker

Joseph McCarthy

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

McCarthy, Joseph. "Enemies from Within." Republican's Women's Club meeting. 9 Feb. 1950, Wheeling, WV, USA. Speech.

I propose to consider the question, "Can machines think?"

Alan Turing

Computing Machinery and Intelligence

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Topic

Artificial intelligence

Author

Alan Turing

Source

Computing Machinery and Intelligence

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Turing, Alan. "Computing Machinery and Intelligence." Mind. Oxford University Press, 1950.

There are no warlike peoples-just warlike leaders.

Ralph J. Bunche

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Topic

War

Speaker

Ralph J. Bunche

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Bunche, Ralph J. Address to United Nations. c. 1971, New York City, NY, USA.

As it happens, there are particular aspects of my life to which I would like to maintain sole and exclusive rights and privileges.

All About Eve

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Topic

Privacy

Speaker

Margo

Actor

Bette Davis

Source

All About Eve

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

All About Eve. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 20th Century Fox, 1950.

Funny how gentle people get with you once you're dead.

Sunset Boulevard

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Topic

Speaking ill of the dead Death

Speaker

Joe Gillis

Actor

William Holden

Source

Sunset Boulevard

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sunset Boulevard. Directed by Billy Wilder, Paramount Pictures, 1950.

If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.

Ernest Hemingway

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Topic

Paris Expatriates Memories

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Medium

Remark

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. Remark to Aaron Hotchner. c. 1950.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. Quoted in A Moveable Feast. Scribners, 2010, foreword.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

Winston Churchill

The Second World War

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My enemy's enemy Hitler Hell The devil

Author

Winston Churchill

Source

The Second World War

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Churchill, Winston. Note to his personal secretary John Colville. 21 June 1941.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

Bertrand Russell

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Topic

Nature of man Credulity Beliefs

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish Unpopular Essays

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Russell, Bertrand. "An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish." Unpopular Essays. George Allen & Unwin, 1950.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty.

Bertrand Russell

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Topic

Superstition

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish Unpopular Essays

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Russell, Bertrand. "An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish." Unpopular Essays. George Allen & Unwin, 1950.

There was always a minority afraid of something, and a great majority afraid of the dark, afraid of the future, afraid of the past, afraid of the present, afraid of themselves and shadows of themselves.

Ray Bradbury

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Topic

Fear

Speaker

William Stendahl

Author

Ray Bradbury

Source

The Martian Chronicles

Medium

Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Bradbury, Ray. "Usher II." The Martian Chronicles. Doubleday, 1950.

It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.

Robert H. Jackson

American Communications Assn. v. Douds

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Citizen and state Role of government

Author

Robert H. Jackson

Source

American Communications Assn. v. Douds

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Jackson, Robert H. United States, Supreme Court. American Communications Assn. v. Douds. United States Reports, vol. 339, 8 May 1950, pp. 382-453. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/339/382/.

It is closing time in the gardens of the West and from now on an artist will be judged only by the resonance of his solitude or the quality of his despair.

Cyril Connolly

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Topic

Decline of the West Decline of civilization Western Civilization

Author

Cyril Connolly

Source

Horizon

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Connolly, Cyril. Quoted in Horizon. Dec. 1949 - Jan. 1950.

I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

William Faulkner

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Topic

Human nature

Speaker

William Faulkner

Medium

Nobel Prize Lecture Speech

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Faulkner, William. Speech at the Nobel Banquet. Nobel Banquet. 10 Dec. 1950, City Hall, Stockholm, Sweden.

Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm.

Jelly Roll Morton

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Topic

Jazz Music

Author

Jelly Roll Morton

Source

Mister Jelly Roll

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Morton, Jelly Roll. Quoted in Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz", written by Alan Lomax. Grosset & Dunlap, 1950.

The stars are ageless, aren't they?

Sunset Boulevard

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Topic

Celebrity

Speaker

Norma Desmond

Actor

Gloria Swanson

Source

Sunset Boulevard

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Sunset Boulevard. Directed by Billy Wilder, Paramount Pictures, 1950.

If A is a success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Success

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Source

The Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Einstein, Albert. The Observer. 15 Jan. 1950.

The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.

Joseph Schumpeter

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Topic

Ideals Lying

Author

Joseph Schumpeter

Source

History of Economic Analysis

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Economic literature

Statement Type

Irony Paradox

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Schumpeter, Joseph Alois. History of Economic Analysis. Oxford University Press, 1954, pt. 1, ch. 4, note 10.

When in doubt have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.

Raymond Chandler

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Topic

Stories Plot Writing

Author

Raymond Chandler

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Chandler, Raymond. "The Simple Art of Murder." Saturday Review of Literature, 15 Apr. 1950, introduction.