If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

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Topic

Invincibility

Speaker

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Actor

Alec Guinness

Source

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1977.

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Source
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
1970 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Actor
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Medium
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Genre
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

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Perverse incentives Sin Mercy
Speaker
First Senator

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Timon of Athens
Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 5.