The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Author(s): Elizabeth Knowles
From Scott's Antarctic expedition in 1912 to the attack on the World Trade Centre in 2001, charting watersheds such as two World Wars as well as changes in popular culture, the quotations in this collection provide a picture of the social, cultural and scientific concerns of modern times.
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From the deeply serious to the frivolous, key quotations of today underpinned by landmark voices of the past in over 5,000 quotations.
INTRODUCTION; HOW TO USE THIS DICTIONARY; MAIN DICTIONARY; ADVERTISING SLOGANS; Cartoons; Catchphrases; Epitaphs; Film lines; Film titles; Last words; Misquotations; Newspaper headlines and leaders; Official advice; Opening lines; Political sayings and slogans; Taglines for films; Telegrams; THEMATIC INDEX; KEYWORD INDEX
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