I define a recession as when your neighbor loses his job, but a depression is when you lose your own.

Dave Beck

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Topic

Recession Depression

Speaker

Dave Beck

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Labor leader

From

United States

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Beck, Dave. Quoted in Time. 22 Feb. 1954.

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Habit and custom may be the wisdom of unlettered men, but they come from the sound ancient heart of humanity.

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The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot

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Topic
Custom and convention

Author

Russell Kirk
Source
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1953 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Kirk, Russell. The Conservative Mind. Henry Regnery Company, 1953, ch. 2, sect. 4.

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When a man spends the least possible number of movements over one definite action, that is grace.

Anton Chekhov

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Grace

Author

Anton Chekhov
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Letter to Alexi Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 Jan. 1899.

Current Citation

Chekhov, Anton. "To Alexi Peshkov (Gorky), 3 January 1899, Yalta." A Life in Letters, translated by Rosamund Bartlett and Anthony Phillips. Penguin Classics, 2004.