A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.

Tyrion Lannister

Game of Thrones

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Books Reading

Speaker

Tyrion Lannister

Actor

Peter Dinklage

Source

Game of Thrones

Medium

TV program

Genre

Fantasy (TV) Drama (TV) Fantasy Drama

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"The Kingsroad." Game of Thrones, written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and George R.R. Martin, directed by Timothy Van Patten, season 1, episode 2, Television 360 and Grok! Studio, 2011.

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Clifton Fadiman
Language
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Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Language
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Time
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The Jazz Singer. Directed by Alan Crosland, Warner Bros. Pictures/The Vitaphone Corporation, 1927.

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Little strokes fell great Oaks.

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Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
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Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
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Time
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Era
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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.