Philadelphia · Skopia

Quotes

19by people from here

Sometimes, it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

Marian Anderson

1960

★ 5.2

Essay · Political literature

Warfare... Is just an invention, older and more widespread than the jury system, but none the less an invention.

1940

★ 4.5

Died some, pro patria, Non 'dulce' non 'et decor'… Walked eye-deep in hell Believing in old men's lies, then unbelieving Came home, home to a lie.

1920

★ 3.5

Historically our own culture has relied for the creation of rich and contrasting values upon many artificial distinctions, the most striking of which is sex...If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

1935

★ 3.5

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Art

9held here

The Joy of Life

1906★ 8.3

Mont Sainte-Victoire

1895★ 8.2

The Bathers

1906★ 8.2

Nude Descending a Staircase

1912★ 8.0

The Gross Clinic

1875★ 7.5

The City

1919★ 7.1

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Movies

8set or made here

The Sixth Sense

M. Night Shyamalan

1999★ 6.8

Rocky

John G. Avildsen

1976★ 6.8

Blow Out

1981★ 6.6

The Philadelphia Story

1940★ 6.6

Best in Show

Christopher Guest

2000★ 5.7

Silver Linings Playbook

David O. Russell

2012★ 5.5

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