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 • Mar. 31, 2026

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 • Mar. 1, 2026

If Sagan’s dictum were true, we would need extraordinary evidence to prove we exist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

It reminds me of the long-held dictum that animated series can get away with plots that their live-action counterparts either can’t or struggle to enact convincingly.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025

And if even the people who are familiar with the dictum don’t know what it means, how could the world be “simpler” if it were true?

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker