Wars, conflict - it's all business. One murder makes a villain; millions, a hero. Numbers sanctify, my good fellow!

Charlie Chaplin

Monsieur Verdoux

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War

Speaker

Henri Verdoux

Actor

Charlie Chaplin

Source

Monsieur Verdoux

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Monsieur Verdoux. Directed by Charlie Chaplin, United Artists, 1947.

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The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.

Andre Malraux

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The human condition
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Andre Malraux
Source
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Medium
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Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Malraux, Andre. Les Noyers de l'Altenburg [The Walnut Trees of Altenburg]. Gallimard, c. 1948.

Another quote about War

If the Persians hide the sun, the battle will be in shade rather than sunlight.

Herodotus

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Battle of Thermopylae Courage War
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Herodotus
Source
Histories
Genre
Historical literature
Language
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Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 7, sect. 226.

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Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 7, sect. 226.

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Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One day, you’re in diapers; next day, you’re gone. But the memories of childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place, a town, a house…like a lot of other houses; a yard like a lot of other yards; on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing is…after all these years, I still look back…with wonder.

The Wonder Years

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Narrator (Adult Kevin Arnold)
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Daniel Stern
Source
The Wonder Years
Medium
TV program
Genre
Coming of age (TV) Comedy (TV) Coming of age Comedy
Language
English
Time
1993 1990s 20th century
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"Independence Day." The Wonder Years, written by Neal Marlens and Carol Black and Bob Brush, directed by Michael Dinner, season 6, episode 22, The Black/Marlens Company and New World Television, 1993.