Funny how gentle people get with you once you're dead.

Sunset Boulevard

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Topic

Speaking ill of the dead Death

Speaker

Joe Gillis

Actor

William Holden

Source

Sunset Boulevard

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Sunset Boulevard. Directed by Billy Wilder, Paramount Pictures, 1950.

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Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

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Topic
Soviet Union Cold War
Speaker
Nikita Khrushchev
Statement Type
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Language
Russian
Time
1956 1950s 20th century
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Khrushchev, Nikita. Quoted in "Foreign News: We Will Bury You!" Time Magazine, 26 Nov. 1956. Originally stated while addressing western ambassadors. Reception at the Polish embassy. 18 Nov. 1956, Moscow, Russia.

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Death smiles at us all. All a man can do is smile back.

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Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
2000 2000s 21st century
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Gladiator. Directed by Ridley Scott. DreamWorks Pictures/ Scott Free Productions/Universal Pictures/Red Wagon Entertainment, 2000.

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If he dies, he dies.

Rocky IV

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Source
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Language
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Time
1985 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Rocky IV. Directed by Sylvester Stallone, United Artists/Chartoff-Winkler Productions, 1985.