An old friend is never an extra guest.

Notorious

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Topic

Old friends Friends Guests and visitors

Speaker

Alexander Sebastian

Actor

Claude Rains

Source

Notorious

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Spy (film) Spy

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Notorious. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, RKO Pictures/Vanguard Films, 1946.

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Another quote from the 1940s

What is hell?
Hell is oneself,
Hell is alone, the other figures in it
Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from
And nothing to escape to. One is always alone.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
Hell
Speaker
Edward

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Cocktail Party
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Cocktail Party. 1949, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, act 1, sc. 5.

Another quote about Friends

Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.

It's a Wonderful Life

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Topic
Friendship Friends
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
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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

Another quote from 1946

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

Winston Churchill

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Topic
Cold War Soviet Union
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
Sinews of Peace
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Sinews of Peace." 5 Mar. 1946, Westminster College, Fulton, MO, USA. Speech.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The Soviet Danger: The Iron Curtain." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.