I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged.

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

The Shawshank Redemption

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Topic

Confinement Prison Freedom

Speaker

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

Actor

Morgan Freeman

Source

The Shawshank Redemption

Medium

Film

Genre

Prison drama (film) Drama (film) Prison drama Drama

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Shawshank Redemption. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.

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Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

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Rosa Luxemburg
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Time
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Citation

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Gentlemen, welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

Winston Churchill

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Topic
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Winston Churchill
Source
Sinews of Peace
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Sinews of Peace." 5 Mar. 1946, Westminster College, Fulton, MO, USA. Speech.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The Soviet Danger: The Iron Curtain." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.