Fast, fast! Last night I cut the light off in my bedroom, hit the switch was in the bed before the room was dark.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic

Speed and quickness

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Source

Speech at the Waldorf Astoria

Medium

Press conference

Statement Type

Boast

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Boxer Athlete

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

When We Were Kings. Directed by Leon Gast. Performed by Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Gramercy Pictures, Jan. 1996. Originally a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. 17 Sept. 1974, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY, USA.

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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
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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

Another quote from the 1970s

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust.

John Rawls

A Theory of Justice

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Topic
Justice Political theory

Author

John Rawls
Source
A Theory of Justice
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1971 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Rawls, John. A Theory of Justice. Belknap Press, 1971, ch. 1, sect. 1.

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I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Horace

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Topic
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Author

Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.