Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine...out of a DeLorean?

Back to the Future

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Time travel

Speaker

Marty McFly

Actor

Michael J. Fox

Source

Back to the Future

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Science fiction

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Back to the Future. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Amblin Entertainment, 1985.

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I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

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English
Time
1986 1980s 20th century
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Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son.

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Language
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Time
1980 1980s 20th century
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Citation

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Another quote of the following type Question

For what should a man live, if not for the pleasures of discourse?

Plato

Phaedrus

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Phaedrus

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Plato
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Phaedrus
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Greek
Time
370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Φαῖδρος [Phaedrus], written by Plato. c. 370 BC, section 258e.

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Socrates. Quoted in "Phaedrus." Plato: Lysis; Symposium; Phaedrus, written by Plato, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2022, sect. 258e.