You’ve been given a great gift, George, a chance to see what the world would be like without you.

It's a Wonderful Life

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Topic

Counterfactual history

Speaker

Clarence

Actor

Henry Travers

Source

It's a Wonderful Life

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas (film) Drama (film) Christmas Drama

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

It's a Wonderful Life. Directed by Frank Capra, Liberty Films, 1946.

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I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Blood of Others

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Topic
Liberation

Author

Simone de Beauvoir
Source
The Blood of Others
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Wish
Language
French
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Sang des autres [The Blood of Others]. Gallimard, 1945, ch. 5.

Another quote from 1946

How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea... All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.

Nikos Kazantzakis

Zorba the Greek

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Topic
The little things Happiness

Author

Nikos Kazantzakis
Source
Zorba the Greek
Medium
Novel
Language
Greek
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Life and State of Alexis Zorba]. Athens: Dimitrakou, 1946, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Kazantzakis, Nikos. Zorba the Greek, translated by Peter Bien. Simon & Schuster, 2014, ch. 7.

Another quote from the following genre Drama

You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.

On the Waterfront

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Topic
Missed opportunities Regrets
Speaker
Terry Malloy
Actor
Marlon Brando
Source
On the Waterfront
Medium
Film
Genre
Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama
Language
English
Time
1954 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

On the Waterfront. Directed by Elia Kazan, Horizon Pictures, 1954.