It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything.

Tyler Durden

Fight Club

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Topic

Nothing to lose Freedom Liberation

Speaker

Tyler Durden

Actor

Brad Pitt

Source

Fight Club

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Fight Club. Directed by David Fincher, Fox 2000 Pictures/Regency Enterprises/Linson Films, 1999.

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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Edmund Burke

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Topic
Relinquishing freedom Freedom

Author

Edmund Burke
Source
Speech at County Meeting of Buckinghamshire
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1784 1780s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech at a County Meeting of Buckinghamshire." 1784, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Another quote from the following genre Drama

Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend!

Tony Montana

Scarface

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Topic
Guns
Speaker
Tony Montana
Actor
Al Pacino
Source
Scarface
Medium
Film
Genre
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Statement Type
Threat
Language
English
Time
1983 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

I am condemned to be free.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Being and Nothingness

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Topic
Downsides of freedom Freedom

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre
Source
Being and Nothingness
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
French
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Le etre et le neant: Essai d'ontologie phenomenologique [Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology]. Librairie Gallimard, 1943, pt. 4, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Being and Nothingness, translated by Sarah Richmond. Washington Square Press, 2021, pt. 4, ch. 1.