Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty.

Derek Zoolander

Zoolander

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Topic

Nature of beauty Beauty

Speaker

Derek Zoolander

Actor

Ben Stiller

Source

Zoolander

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Zoolander. Directed by Ben Stiller, Village Roadshow Productions/VH1 Films/NPV Entertinment/Red Hour Productions/Scott Rudin Productions, 2001.

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Author

Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Citation

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Jerry Seinfeld

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Jerry Seinfeld
Actor
Jerry Seinfeld
Source
Seinfeld
Medium
TV program
Genre
Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy
Language
English
Time
1993 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

"The Puffy Shirt." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, directed by Tom Cherones, season 5, episode 2, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1993.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended.

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Topic
Reputation

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1750 1750s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1750.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.