You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man.

Citizen Kane

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Topic

Counterfactual history Downsides of wealth Wealth

Speaker

Kane

Actor

Orson Welles

Source

Citizen Kane

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Citizen Kane. Directed by Orson Welles. RKO Radio Pictures/Mercury Productions, 1941.

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Another quote from the 1940s

Winning isn’t everything...It’s the only thing.

Henry R. "Red" Sanders

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Topic
Winning
Speaker
Henry R. "Red" Sanders
Language
English
Time
1948 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Sanders, Henry R. Quoted in L.A. Times. 18 Oct. 1950. Originally spoken to the Quarterback Club. Luncheon. 1948, Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Another quote about Wealth

The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.

Aristotle

Rhetoric

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Topic
Corrosive effects of wealth Downsides of wealth Wealth Character Fools

Author

Aristotle
Source
Rhetoric
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Aristotle. Rhetoric. 322 BC, bk. 2, pt. 16, sect. 3.

Current Citation

Aristotle. The Art of Rhetoric, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 2, pt. 16, sect. 3.

Another quote from 1941

For when the One Great Scorer
Comes to mark against your name,
He writes-not that you won or lost-
But how you played the game.

Grantland Rice

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Topic
Fair play Legacy Death

Author

Grantland Rice
Source
Alumnus Football
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Rice, Grantland. "Alumnus Football." Nashville Tennessean, c. 1908.

Another quote from the following genre Drama

You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.

On the Waterfront

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Topic
Missed opportunities Regrets
Speaker
Terry Malloy
Actor
Marlon Brando
Source
On the Waterfront
Medium
Film
Genre
Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama
Language
English
Time
1954 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

On the Waterfront. Directed by Elia Kazan, Horizon Pictures, 1954.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

Owe your banker 1,000 and you are at his mercy; owe him 1 million and the position is reversed.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic
Debt Finance

Author

John Maynard Keynes
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. Memo circulated to British War Cabinet. 15 May 1945.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "Overseas Financial Policy in Stage III (1945)." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016.