I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.

Lou Gehrig

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Topic

Gratitude Baseball

Author

Lou Gehrig

Source

Farewell speech

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Baseball player Athlete

From

United States

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Citation

Gehrig, Lou. "Lou Gehrig Farewell Speech." Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, 4 July 1939, Yankee Stadium, New York City, New York, USA.Speech.

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Another quote from the 1930s

The bonds between ourselves and another person exist only in our minds. Memory as it grows fainter loosens them, and notwithstanding the illusion by which we want to be duped and which, out of love, friendship, politeness, deference, duty, we dupe other people, we exist alone. Man is the creature who cannot escape from himself, who knows other people only in himself, and when he asserts the contrary, he is lying.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Topic
Existential solitude Connecting with others Isolation The human condition

Author

Marcel Proust
Source
The Fugitive In Search of Lost Time
Medium
Novel
Genre
Modernist literature
Language
French
Time
1925 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Albertine diparue; or, La Fugitive [The Fugitive]. A la recherche du temps perdu [In Search of Lost Time]. Grasset, 1925, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. The Fugitive: In Search of Lost Time. Vol. 4. Translated by Peter Collier. Penguin, 2021, ch. 1.

Another quote from 1939

The last mass trials were a great success. There are going to be fewer but better Russians.

Greta Garbo

Ninotchka

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Topic
Show trials Russian communism
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Ninotchka
Actor
Greta Garbo
Source
Ninotchka
Medium
Film
Genre
Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Ninotchka. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.