The great question that has never been answered…is what does a woman want?

Die große Frage, die nie beantwortet worden ist...ist die: "Was will das Weib?"

Sigmund Freud

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Topic

Men and women

Speaker

Sigmund Freud

Statement Type

Question

Language

German

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Psychologist Writer

From

Austria Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Stated to Marie Bonaparte during their psychoanalytic session. 8 Dec. 1925.

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Time
1923 1920s 20th century
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Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!

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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Medium
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Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850, ch. 15.

Current Citation

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Another quote originally in German

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century beings it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.

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Nature of time

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Thomas Mann
Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
1924 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Mann, Thomas. Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1924, ch. 5.

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Another quote of the following type Question

I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me?

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Loser

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Losers
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Beck
Source
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Genre
Rock music
Statement Type
Question
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English
Time
1993 1990s 20th century
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Citation

Beck and Carl Stephenson. Loser. Performed by Beck. Mellow Gold. Bong Load Records, 1993.