Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog.

Roald Dahl

Matilda

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Topic

Going for it

Author

Roald Dahl

Source

Matilda

Medium

Novel

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dahl, Roald. Matilda. Viking Kestrel, 1988.

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What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of man's ideological evolution and the universalism of Western liberal democracy.

Francis Fukuyama

The End of History?

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Topic
Cold War End of history Democracy International politics
Speaker
Francis Fukuyama
Source
The End of History?
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Statement Type
Bad predictions Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Fukuyama, Francis. "The End of History?" National Interest, summer 1989.

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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Topic
Going for it Taking risks

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Prudence Essays: First Series (Emerson)
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Paradox Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1841 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.