Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

Thoughts Inner life Nature of life Life

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Journal entry. Aug. 1847.

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Source
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Medium
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Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Fate." The Conduct of Life. Boston: Ticknor & Fields/London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Fate." The Conduct of Life, edited by Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 6, Belknap Press, 2004.

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Oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire, secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.

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Source
A Christmas Carol
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1843 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Ferris Bueller

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Topic
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Speaker
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Actor
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
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Citation

Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Directed by John Hughes. Paramount Pictures, 1986.