Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

Allen Saunders

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Being present Nature of life Life

Author

Allen Saunders

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Definition

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

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United States

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Citation

Saunders, Allen. Quoted in Reader's Digest. Jan. 1957.

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In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.

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Medium
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English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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MacArthur, Douglas. Address to a Joint Meeting of Congress. House of Representatives. 19 Apr. 1951, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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They lived und laughed ant loved end left.

James Joyce

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Looking back Life
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Jute

Author

James Joyce
Source
Finnegans Wake
Medium
Novel
Genre
Modernist literature
Statement Type
Epitaph
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Original Citation

Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. Faber and Faber, 1939.

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Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. Wordsworth, 2012.

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Man is a creature that can get used to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The House of the Dead

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Adaptability Nature of man

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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source
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Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Записки из Мёртвого дома [The House of the Dead]." Vremya, 1860-1862.

Current Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The House of the Dead, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 1986.