1981

Explore 31 quotes from the year 1981

You Americans, you're all the same. Always overdressing for the wrong occasions.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Topic

Americans

Speaker

Toht

Actor

Ronald Lacey

Source

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Adventure (film) Action Adventure

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Raiders of the Lost Ark. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Lucasfilm Ltd., 1981.

The Catholic Church has never really come to terms with women. What I object to is being treated either as Madonnas or Mary Magdalenes.

Shirley Williams

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Topic

Catholic church Patriarchy Women

Author

Shirley Williams

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Williams, Shirley. Quoted in the Observer. 22 Mar. 1981.

Everyone runs in her own way, or his own way and where does the power come from, to see the race to its end? From within.

Chariots of Fire

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Topic

Man and the universe

Speaker

Eric Liddell

Actor

Ian Charleson

Source

Chariots of Fire

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports (film) Historical drama (film) Sports Historical drama

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Chariots of Fire. Directed by Hugh Hudson, Allied Stars Ltd/Goldcrest Films/Enigma Productions, 1981.

Neon looks good in Nevada.

John McPhee

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Topic

Color America

Author

John McPhee

Source

Basin and Range

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

McPhee, John. Basin and Range. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1981.

When things are very very bad, a drink is the only magic cheap thing left to give you the dream, to make you feel good for a moment.

Charles Bukowski

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Topic

Coping Alcohol

Speaker

Charles Bukowski

Source

Cultural Weekly

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bukowski, Charles. Interviewed by Elisa Leonelli. 1981.

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.

Wendy Wasserstein

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Topic

Being single

Speaker

Harriet Cornwall

Author

Wendy Wasserstein

Source

Isn't It Romantic

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wasserstein, Wendy. Isn't It Romantic. 1981, Phoenix Theater, New York City, NY, USA, act 1, sc. 6.

You cannot be a success in any business without believing that it is the greatest business in the world... You have to put your heart in the business and the business in your heart.

Thomas Watson

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Topic

Success in business Building a business

Speaker

Thomas Watson

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Watson, Thomas. Quoted in IBM: Colossus in Transition, written by Robert Sobel. Truman Talley Books, 1981.

Slowly the reality of it all formed in my mind: we were expendable! It was difficult to accept. We come from a nature and a culture that values life and the individual. To find oneself in a situation where your life seems of little value is the ultimate in loneliness. It is a humbling experience.

Eugene Sledge

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Topic

Soldiers War is hell War

Author

Eugene Sledge

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sledge, Eugene B., Jr. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa. Presidio Press, 1981, pt. 1, ch. 4.

I don't wait to be struck by lightning and don't need certain slants of light in order to write.

Toni Morrison

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Topic

Inspiration Creative process Writing

Speaker

Toni Morrison

Source

The New Republic

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Morrison, Toni. "The Language Must Not Sweat." Interviewed by Thomas LeClair. The New Republic, 21 Mar. 1981.

An army that carries the ark before it, is invincible.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Topic

The ark of the covenant Talismans

Speaker

Marcus Brody

Actor

Denholm Elliott

Source

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Adventure (film) Action Adventure

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Raiders of the Lost Ark. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Lucasfilm Ltd., 1981.

Students of the heavens are separable into astronomers and astrologers as readily as are the minor domestic ruminants into sheep and goats, but the separation of philosophers into sages and cranks seems to be more sensitive to frames of reference.

W.V.O. Quine

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Topic

Philosophers

Author

W.V.O. Quine

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Quine, Willard Van Orman. Theories and Things. Harvard University Press, 1981, ch. 23.