Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.

Benjamin Spock

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care

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Topic

Trusting oneself

Author

Benjamin Spock

Source

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care

Genre

Psychological literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Physician Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Spock, Benjamin. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946, ch. 1.

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Time
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Another quote from 1946

Talk or dance, but, don't do both things at the same time.

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Medium
Film
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Gilda. Directed by Charles Vidor, Columbia Pictures, 1946.

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Eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1599 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1599, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act. 4, sc. 2.