1980

Explore 47 quotes from the year 1980

I’m going to give you a little advice. There’s a force in the universe that makes things happen and all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.

Caddyshack

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Topic

Letting go

Speaker

Ty Webb

Actor

Chevy Chase

Source

Caddyshack

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Caddyshack. Directed by Harold Ramis, Orion Pictures, 1980.

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

Douglas Adams

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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Topic

Purpose of life Meaning of life The universe

Author

Douglas Adams

Source

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Medium

Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Adams, Douglas. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Pan Books, 1980, introductory paragraph.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Topic

Venality of politicians Politicians

Author

Douglas Adams

Source

Fit the Twelfth The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Medium

Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Original Citation

Adams, Douglas. "Fit the Twelfth." The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Secondary Phase. BBC Radio 4, London, England, UK, 25 Jan. 1980.

Current Citation

Adams, Douglas. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Pan Books, 1980, ch. 28.

The actor who holds his audience captive for one brief moment upon a lighted stage vanishes forever when the curtain falls.

Daphne du Maurier

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Topic

Artist and audience Acting

Author

Daphne du Maurier

Source

The Rebecca Notebook

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Du Maurier, Daphne. The Rebecca Notebook: and Other Memories. Gollancz, 1981.

What an astonishing thing a book is. It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you're inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years.

Carl Sagan

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Topic

Power of literature Books

Speaker

Carl Sagan

Source

Cosmos

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

"The Persistence of Memory." Presented by Carl Sagan. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, season 1, episode 11. PBS, 7 Dec. 1980.

With the right footwear one can rule the world.

Bette Midler

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Topic

Girl power

Speaker

Bette Midler

Source

Trenton Evening Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Midler, Bette. "Ask Them Yourself: Question for Bette Midler." Trenton Evening Times, Section: Family Weekly (Newspaper Supplement), 13 Jan. 1980.

It is the most violent people who go for love and peace.

John Lennon

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Topic

Peace movement Human nature

Speaker

John Lennon

Source

Playboy Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Lennon, John. "Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono." Interviewed by David Sheff. Playboy, Jan. 1981.