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

Tag seemed everywhere, shooing the curious away from us, turning cars around that violated his single-file parking dictum.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam