Show me a good loser and I will show you a failure.

Knute Rockne

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Topic

Sportsmanship Losers

Speaker

Knute Rockne

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Coach

From

United States

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Rockne, Knute. Quoted in Washington Post. 15 Aug. 1943.

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Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

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Topic
Nature of power

Author

Simone Weil
Language
French
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Weil, Simone. "L'iliade ou le poeme de la force [The Iliad, or The Poem of Force]." Les Cahiers du Sud, 1940.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force." Simone Weil: An Anthology, translated by Sian Miles. Grove Press, 2000.

Another quote from 1943

Oh, what a beautiful mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin'
Everything's going my way.

Rodgers and Hammerstein

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Topic
Optimism

Author

Rodgers and Hammerstein
Source
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' Oklahoma!
Medium
Song Musical
Genre
Great American songbook
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hammerstein, Oscar, II. "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'." Oklahoma! Composed by Richard Rodgers. 1943, St. James Theatre, New York City, New York, USA.