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Power Is the Ultimate Aphrodisiac

Who coined this saying: Napoleon Bonaparte? Henry Kissinger? Christine Sutherland? Constant Louis Wairy? Graham Greene? William Styron? John Corry? Art Buchwald? Anonymous?

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[Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunt]

Reminder:
That "definition"originated in one of the 12-step communities.
No specific author has been identified by many researchers.
A linkage to Einstein occurred many years after his death & is unsupported.
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[Shantha R. Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @ShanthaRMohan]

What an interesting quote!

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A play is fiction—and fiction is fact distorted into truth

Which prominent playwright crafted this remark?

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Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures

Who made this controversial claim: Ralph Waldo Emerson? Jessamyn West? Pablo Picasso? Edward Albee? Anonymous?

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There Is a Special Providence That Protects Fools, Drunkards, and the United States

Who crafted this saying: Otto von Bismarck? Abbé Correa? Marguerite de Valois? Kaiser Wilhelm II? Sherwood Anderson? French Proverb?

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[Kyle Wright @kylethewright]

@WordsnWisdom26 Sigh -> @QuoteResearch -> Not Einstein. It actually originates from German aphorist Werner Mitsch's 1983 book Das Schwarze unterm Fingernagel. https://t.co/qw1affNLO6

[Kyle Wright @kylethewright]

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According to Quote Investigator, Mike Tyson is indeed the originator of the sentiment, but the exact wording has evolved significantly through media polishing over the decades.

The tracked evolution of the quote includes:

August 1987 (The Origin): Ahead of his fight against Tyrell Biggs, Tyson was asked about his opponent's strategy and replied: "Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze."

October/November 1987: Shortened in contemporary press reports to: "Everybody has plans until they get hit" or "Everybody has a game plan, until he gets hit."

1988–2000s: Sports writers and commentators like Mike Lupica began refining the phrasing (e.g., "until they're hit"), eventually morphing into popular modern vernacular like "punched in the face" or "punched in the mouth" by the early 2000s.

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@BillSwiggart @Fisherdude791 @Devon_Eriksen_ Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York (1949)
Page 81

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him ...

[Shantha R. Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @ShanthaRMohan]

A fantastic quote, the first part of which applies to today's use of AI. Struggle and friction are required for self-development.

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If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground

Frederick Douglass? J. H. Robinson? Hortense Beck Hinton?

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[BrianSJ @BrianSJ3]

@charlesmurray https://t.co/juGSOyy1EL

Cut out the AI middleman and use @QuoteResearch

[Dr. RWP @Dr_RWP]

"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese" - the origins of this #business idiom are investigated on @QuoteResearch here:
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[Shantha R. Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @ShanthaRMohan]

Indeed!

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False Facts Are Highly Injurious to the Progress of Science, for They Often Long Endure

Did Charles Darwin write this or is it apocryphal?

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[Shantha R. Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @ShanthaRMohan]

A wonderful quote!

[Quoteiac @quoteiac]

Good digging, QI.

The earliest match is a 1972 poem, "Courage," by Ken Harris in the Springfield Daily News (Ohio). Roosevelt's name showed up in 1997.

Ordinary people write lines worth keeping. They deserve the credit.

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Courage Is Not Having the Strength To Go On; It Is Going On When You Don't Have the Strength

Is this inspirational saying from Theodore Roosevelt? Napoleon Bonaparte? Ken Harris? Anonymous?

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[Duncan Reynolds @duncanr2]

@QuoteResearch I hadn't heard this one before. I wonder if Yes, Prime Minister took some inspiration from it for the newspapers bit. https://t.co/rvS2xmZska

[Eccles @BruvverEccles]

@QuoteResearch Thank you. Very interesting.
Of course, I'm a Cambridge man.