Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

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Foolishness Fools

Speaker

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Actor

Alec Guinness

Source

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1977.

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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

John Kenneth Galbraith

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Political leadership Leadership

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John Kenneth Galbraith
Source
The Age of Uncertainty
Genre
Economic literature
Language
English
Time
1977 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Age of Uncertainty. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1977, ch. 12.

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No. Try not. Do...or do not. There is no try.

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Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

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Yoda
Actor
Frank Oz
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Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Medium
Film
Genre
Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction
Language
English
Time
1980 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Directed by Irvin Kershner, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1980.

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What is originality? To see something that has no name as yet and hence cannot be mentioned although it stares us all in the face.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Gay Science

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Originality Perception Observation Vision

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
The Gay Science
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
German
Time
1882 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 261.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Joyous Science, translated by R. Kevin Hill. Penguin Classics, 2019, bk. 3, no. 261.