The only way I can lose this election is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy.

Edwin Edwards

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Topic

Political campaigns Political scandals

Speaker

Edwin Edwards

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Political joke Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

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Citation

Edwards, Edwin. Spoken while campaigning for governor of Louisiana. 1983, LA, USA.

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Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge
I'm tryin' not to lose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from going under.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

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Inner city issues
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Source
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Medium
Song
Genre
Hip hop
Language
English
Time
1982 1980s 20th century
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Citation

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One more such victory over the Romans and we are lost.

Pyrrhus

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic
Pyrrhic victory Victory
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Pyrrhus

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Genre
Biography
Statement Type
Paradox Prophecies and predictions
Language
Greek
Time
279 BC 270s BC 3rd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 21, sect. 9.

Current Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 21, sect. 9.