In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of obscenity that, as far as we know, is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.

Ralphie Parker

A Christmas Story

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Swearing

Speaker

Ralphie Parker

Actor

Peter Billingsley

Source

A Christmas Story

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas movie Comedy (film) Christmas Comedy

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

A Christmas Story. Directed by Bob Clark, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1983.

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The reason that no computer program can ever be a mind is simply that a computer program is only syntactical, and minds are more than syntactical. Minds are semantical, in the sense that they have more than a formal structure, they have a content.

John R. Searle

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Topic
Artificial intelligence

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John R. Searle
Source
Minds, Brains, and Science
Language
English
Time
1984 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Searle, John R. "Minds, Brains, and Science." Reith Lectures. BBC Radio 4. 1984. Radio.

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Wayne Campbell
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Source
Wayne's World
Medium
Film
Genre
Comedy (film) Comedy
Statement Type
Sexual innuendo
Language
English
Time
1992 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Wayne's World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Pictures, 1992.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Sorrow comes in great waves—no one can know that better than you—but it rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us it leaves us on the spot, and we know that if it is strong we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain. It wears us, uses us, but we wear it and use it in return; and it is blind, whereas we after a manner see.

Henry James

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Topic
Learning from suffering Suffering

Author

Henry James
Source
Letters of Henry James
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

James, Henry. Letter to Grace Norton. 28 July 1883.

Current Citation

James, Henry. "July 28th [1883] To Grace Norton." The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883-1884, edited by Michael Anesko and Greg W. Zacharias. Vol. 1, University of Nebraska Press, 2018.