Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.

The Godfather

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Topic

Death

Speaker

Peter Clemenza

Actor

Richard Castellano

Source

The Godfather

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Statement Type

Euphemism

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Godfather. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures/Alfran Productions, 1972.

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Another quote from the 1970s

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too.

Fleetwood Mac

Landslide

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Topic
Fear of change Aging
Speaker
Fleetwood Mac
Source
Landslide
Medium
Song
Genre
Pop music
Language
English
Time
1975 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Nicks, Stevie. "Landslide." Performed by Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac. Reprise Records, 1975.

Another quote about Death

I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Topic
Slavery Death

Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
Poem
Genre
Epic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 11, l. 489-491.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 11, l. 489-491.