It's hard to be humble when you are as great as I am.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic

Humility Greatness

Speaker

Muhammad Ali

Statement Type

Boast

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Boxer Athlete

From

United States

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Citation

Ali, Muhammad. Quoted in The New York Times. 30 Nov. 1974.

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I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong.

Muhammad Ali

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Topic
Vietnam War
Speaker
Muhammad Ali
Medium
Press conference
Language
English
Time
1967 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Ali, Muhammad. Quoted in "I Ain't Got No Quarrel with them Viet Cong." Written by Bob Orkland. The New York Times, 27 June 2017. Originally a press conference. 28 Apr. 1967, Louisville, KY, USA.

Another quote from the 1970s

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too.

Fleetwood Mac

Landslide

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Topic
Fear of change Aging
Speaker
Fleetwood Mac
Source
Landslide
Medium
Song
Genre
Pop music
Language
English
Time
1975 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Nicks, Stevie. "Landslide." Performed by Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac. Reprise Records, 1975.

Another quote of the following type Boast

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

Caesar Augustus

Quoted in Lives of the Caesars, by Suetonius

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Topic
Rome
Speaker
Caesar Augustus

Author

Suetonius
Source
Lives of the Caesars
Medium
Biography
Genre
Historical literature
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
121 120s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Augustus, Caesar. Quoted in De vita Caesarum [About the Life of the Caesars], written by Suetonius. c. 121.

Current Citation

Augustus, Caesar. Quoted in The Lives of the Caesars, written by Suetonius, translated by Catharine Edwards. Oxford University Press, 2009.