dictum
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Putting the experience of making “Faces of Death” in perspective, Goldhaber references Jean-Luc Godard’s famous dictum that every film is a documentary of its own making.
From Los Angeles Times
She followed her father’s dictums on health: Modern medicine was nearly useless, and the “good body” would heal itself.
His war aims run athwart the Napoleonic dictum: If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.
In between, she violates her professional dictum of avoiding emotional attachment by falling for Alfredo, who offers true love.
The government held, and Hamilton got the economy running again using Bagehot’s dictum External link: “Lend freely, at a penalty rate, against good collateral.”
From Barron's
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