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Mackenzie1970
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Guess the quote

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Hi everybody,

I've had the idea to make a game where we guess quotations from movies, music, poetry or philosophy.

I'd say the first person who guesses it right is next to proceed within one day. If the person is prevented for any reason, anyone else, who is up for it, can step in.

Who said: 'I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.'?

Join in! :)

Mackenzie
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tiorthan
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Re: Guess the quote

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That's supposedly Thomas A. Edison

Here's one that's probably known rather well: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."
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Mackenzie1970
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Most probably, if not certainly. :wink:

Unfortunately I don't know what to do with your quotation. Is it from a movie?
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Rhett Butler said that in the film "Gone with the wind" right?
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Indeed it is.
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Keswick
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Wohoo!
Who said: Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on. 
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Mackenzie1970
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:denk: Do you have another hint for me?
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The person who said it was a male from Ireland :)
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I forgot to say: If no answer is given within one day, the next hint can be posted. :)

So the person is a philosopher?
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No, the person was a writer, and he died in 1989 (in Paris).
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Can it be Samuel Beckett?
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Yes, you are correct! Well done! Your turn.
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Mackenzie1970
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Re: Guess the quote

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Fine. Maybe writers and philosophers are a bit difficult to start with. Blame it on me.

Who said: 'Must you always so shout?' :spin:
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Mackenzie1970
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Here's the next hint: It's a German movie that's set in the USA.
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Mackenzie1970
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Re: Guess the quote

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I'm afraid that's still too difficult to guess. Marianne Sägebrecht said it in 'Out of Rosenheim'.

Next attempt: Who said 'This is an ex-parrot.'?
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