Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

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Topic

Boxing

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Source

CBS

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Boxer Athlete

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Ali, Muhammad. Interviewed by Bob Halloran, CBS, c. 25 Feb. 1964.

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Another quote by Muhammad Ali

Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic
Boxing Self-assurance
Speaker
Muhammad Ali
Statement Type
Boast
Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ali, Muhammad. Statement after fighting Henry Cooper. Boxing match. 18 June 1963, Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK.

Another quote from the 1960s

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Kenneth Tynan

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Topic
Critics

Author

Kenneth Tynan
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Tynan, Kenneth. Quoted in "Critic Kenneth Tynan Has Mellowed But Is Still England's Stingingest Gadfly." Written by Godfrey Smith. The New York Times, 9 Jan. 1966.

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Lighter than a cork I danced on the waves.

Arthur Rimbaud

The Drunken Boat

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Topic
Ocean and sea

Author

Arthur Rimbaud
Source
The Drunken Boat
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1871 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le Bateau Ivre [The Drunken Boat]." Les Poetes Maudits, edited by Paul Verlaine. Paris, 1884.

Current Citation

Rimbaud, Arthur. "Le bateau ivre/The Drunken Boat." Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters, a Bilingual Edition, translated by Wallace Fowlie. University of Chicago Press, 2005.