1982

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Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.

Jill Bennett

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Topic

Mothers and sons

Author

Jill Bennett

Source

The Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Bennett, Jill. "Sayings of the Week." The Observer, 12 Sept. 1982.

Man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.

Eric Hoffer

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Topic

Overcoming obstacles Opportunities

Author

Eric Hoffer

Source

On Nature and Human Nature

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Hoffer, Eric. "On Nature and Human Nature." Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer. Harper & Row, 1982.

If you hire only those people whom you understand, the company will never get better people than you are.

Soichiro Honda

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Topic

Employees Management Business

Speaker

Soichiro Honda

Source

Honda Motor

Genre

Biography

Language

Japanese

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Honda, Soichiro. Quoted in Honda Motor: The Men, the Management, the Machines by Tetsuo Sakiya. Kodansha, 1985.

The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder.

Glenn Gould

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Topic

Purpose of art Art

Speaker

Glenn Gould

Source

1982 York University commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gould, Glenn. Commencement address. Commencement ceremony. 6 Nov. 1982, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.

William C. Westmoreland

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Topic

Vietnam War Censorship

Speaker

William C. Westmoreland

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Westmoreland, William C. Quoted in Washington Post. 19 March 1982.

Lots of people talk to animals. Not very many listen though. That's the problem.

Benjamin Hoff

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Topic

Man and animals

Author

Benjamin Hoff

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Hoff, Benjamin. "Spelling Tuesday." The Tao of Pooh. E. P. Dutton, 1982.

Out of a few misunderstandings with reality we construct beliefs and hopes, and we live on these crusts, which we call bread, just like poor children who play at being happy.

Fernando Pessoa

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Topic

Erroneous beliefs Worldview

Author

Fernando Pessoa

Source

The Book of Disquiet

Language

Portuguese

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pessoa, Fernando (published as Bernardo Soares). Livro do Desassossego [The Book of Disquiet]. Attica, 1982.

In the end, belief and the lack of it amount to the same thing. If someone were to prove to me-right this minute-that God, in all his luminousness, exists, it wouldn't change a single aspect of my behavior.

Luis Bunuel

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Topic

Existence of God Beliefs

Author

Luis Bunuel

Source

My Last Sigh

Language

French

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bunuel, Luis. Mon dernier soupir [My Last Sigh]. Alfred A. Knopf, 1983, ch. 15.

A grown child is a dangerous thing.

Alice Walker

The Color Purple

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Topic

Immaturity

Author

Alice Walker

Source

The Color Purple

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

You know, Jerry, I'm going to tell you something. Friendship is a two-way street. Do you know that? And you couldn't care less about me.

The King of Comedy

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Topic

Nature of friendship Friendship

Speaker

Rupert Pupkin

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

The King of Comedy

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Drama (film) Comedy drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The King of Comedy. Directed by Martin Scorses, Embassy International Pictures, 1982.

All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.

Jeff Spicoli

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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Topic

Surfing What really matters Life's necessities

Speaker

Jeff Spicoli

Actor

Sean Penn

Source

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Comedy (drama) Coming of age Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Directed by Amy Heckerling,Refugee Films, 1982.

You know the score, pal. If you're not a cop, you're little people!

Blade Runner

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Topic

Police

Speaker

Bryant

Actor

Michael Emmet Walsh

Source

Blade Runner

Medium

Film

Genre

Dystopian (film) Science fiction (film) Dystopian Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott, The Ladd Company/Blade Runner Partnership/Shaw Brothers Studio, 1982.

Nothing is worse than having an itch you can never scratch!

Blade Runner

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Topic

Powerlessness

Speaker

Leon Kowalski

Actor

Brion James

Source

Blade Runner

Medium

Film

Genre

Dystopian (film) Science fiction (film) Dystopian Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott, The Ladd Company/Blade Runner Partnership/Shaw Brothers Studio, 1982.

I woke up in a great mood. I don’t know what happened.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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Topic

Good mood Optimism

Speaker

Mike Damone

Actor

Robert Romanus

Source

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Comedy (drama) Coming of age Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Directed by Amy Heckerling,Refugee Films, 1982.

Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.

Blade Runner

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Topic

Living in fear Fear

Speaker

Roy Batty

Actor

Rutger Hauer

Source

Blade Runner

Medium

Film

Genre

Dystopian (film) Science fiction (film) Dystopian Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott, The Ladd Company/Blade Runner Partnership/Shaw Brothers Studio, 1982.

Commuter-one who spends his life
In riding to and from his wife;
A man who shaves and takes a train,
And then rides back to shave again.

E.B. White

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Topic

Modern life Middle class life

Author

E.B. White

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Poem Magazine

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

White, E. B. "The Commuter." The New Yorker, c. 1982.

It is as wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done in his name.

Tony Benn

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Topic

Marxism Ideological excess Ideology

Speaker

Tony Benn

Source

The Benn Heresy

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Benn, Tony. Quoted in The Benn Heresy by Alan Freeman. Pluto Press, 1982. Originally stated during a TV interview, c. 1982.

To be modern is to find ourselves in an environment that promises us adventure, power, joy, growth, transformation of ourselves and the world-and, at the same time, that threatens to destroy everything we have, everything we know, everything we are.

Marshall Berman

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Topic

Modern life

Author

Marshall Berman

Source

All That Is Solid Melts into Air

Genre

Economical literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Berman, Marshall. All That Is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of Modernity. Simon and Schuster, 1982, introduction.