copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2020-12-23): Our attitude towards what we’re doing can affect both the outcome and the process. In fact, a task can become such a drag if we see it negatively. Ever experience how easy and enjoyable a task can be if you like it? That’s the power of a positive attitude. We may not always like everything that’s going on in our life, but we can take a moment and see the positive side of things and appreciate them. This way, what we do becomes less of a hassle. This is true in all aspects of our life not just at work but also in how we view everything. If you wake up in the morning with just a burst of positivity, chances are, your day would be equally wonderful and you won’t sweat any challenges that come your way. So, don’t waste your time with negativity; say Yes to all the great and wonderful opportunities! Say Yes to a great day, week, month, year, and life! Choose to be positive.
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2024-01-01): This quote emphasizes the significance of attitude in shaping our experiences and outcomes. It suggests that even the smallest aspects, such as our mindset and approach, can have a major impact on the success and satisfaction we derive from various situations. Our attitude influences our perspective, reactions, and actions, ultimately determining whether we overcome challenges, seize opportunities, or cultivate positive relationships. By recognizing the power of attitude, we are encouraged to adopt a positive and optimistic mindset, as it has the potential to bring about significant improvements in our lives and the lives of those around us.
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2012-05-09): The man was Winston Churchill, and the job was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On May 10, 1940, the British looked to be finished. They stood alone against the vicious and victorious Nazis. [...] Londoners proved Churchill’s lion’s heart remark again, taking care of each other in the tube stations during the air raids while firefighters made sure that St. Paul’s survived the bombing. [...] Once America entered the war, as Churchill later confessed in his history of World War II, he knew that the Germans would be defeated. But for nineteen months, Churchill had to rally a beaten people against an unstoppable foe. How did he do it? He understood the people he was leading — and he understood what it was they wanted, what it was that the Nazis were trying to destroy. He said, "All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." He was able to lead because he knew the people he was leading and never separated himself from them. He was, quite literally, willing to die for them.
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2015-01-26): Churchill's stance was very much that of a late Victorian imperialist, Charmley adds. "[Churchill] was terribly alarmed that giving the Indians home rule was going to lead to the downfall of the British Empire and the end of civilisation." [...] "That was probably the most common view shared by British people of Churchill's era and I've no doubt that he believed exactly that," says Charmley. [...] In Churchill: The Greatest Briton Unmasked, Nigel Knight claims that Churchill repeatedly refused to stand down the Black and Tans and even advocated the use of air power in Ireland.
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Start by following Winston S. Churchill. [...] ― Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches ― Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." [...] [On British Labour politician Stafford Cripps.]"
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2022-01-04): That is a quote that I have heard tons of times in my life. What does this quote mean? Well, first what does attitude mean? According to Oxford languages, attitude is a settled way of thinking or feeling of someone or something. Now back to the first question what does this quote mean I think it means to be positive even when it seems like there is no reason to be positive. Often people who have a positive attitude remain optimistic in the worst situations. I wondered where this quote came from and after some research, I found out that Winston Churchill said it in his speech in the 1940s. If you did not know Winston Churchill was the prime minister during world war II (1940–1945) and again from 1951–1955. I for one can relate to this quote because I know when your attitude is rude and impertinent towards someone there is a high chance that they will show that same attitude towards you. Another question I have been asked is do you think this is true or do you find fault in this quote. I find no fault in this quote, this quote is most certainly correct.
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2021-03-18): It’s ironic. We’re told by government and media that "cancel culture" is an imposition of the academic left. Yet here it is in reality, the actual "cancel culture" that prevents a truthful engagement with British history. Churchill was an admired wartime leader who recognised the threat of Hitler in time and played a pivotal role in the allied victory. It should be possible to recognise this without glossing over his less benign side. The scholars at the Cambridge event – Madhusree Mukerjee, Onyeka Nubia and Kehinde Andrews – drew attention to Churchill’s dogged advocacy of British colonial rule; his contributing role in the disastrous 1943 Bengal famine, in which millions of people died unnecessarily; his interest in eugenics; and his views, deeply retrograde even for his time, on race. Churchill is on record as praising "Aryan stock" and insisting it was right for "a stronger race, a higher-grade race" to take the place of indigenous peoples. He reportedly did not think "black people were as capable or as efficient as white people". In 1911, Churchill banned interracial boxing matches so white fighters would not be seen losing to black ones. He insisted that Britain and the US shared "Anglo-Saxon superiority". He described anticolonial campaigners as "savages armed with ideas".
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2016-03-03): This particular manuscript talks, well Churchill speaking to Parliament, about how to deal with the Americans without whom they can’t survive. He says "the attitude of the United States," here, he says, "nothing will stir them like fighting in England no good suggesting that we are down and out. The heroic struggle of Britain is the best chance of bringing them in." And he did. Of course, Japan helped. But by the time long before December the seventh, 1941, America was in the war in terms of arming Britain, and it made all the difference. So why do I show you this? It’s an incredibly rare volume. I draw moral strength just by holding it and imagining what it meant to hear these speeches, under the conditions of the worst months of the war, with Churchill trying to lead parliament and conditions of state secrecy, just how to understand these things.
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2021-05-11): Quotations are a very rich vein because Winston Churchill’s political life extended from 1900 over 60 years. I will endeavour to draw on it a little to throw a bit of light on the lesser-known sides of his character, because the broad sweep has already been closely recorded not least by himself. His friends were not slow to take note of this. About The World Crisis Sir Samuel Hoare said, "Winston has written a huge book all about himself and called it The World Crisis.’ He himself rejoined. "I have not always been wrong. History will bear me out, particularly as I shall write that history myself." [...] Then at home, Winston Churchill’s position in his second administration had diminished substantially from the war years. Much of this was utterly inevitable. A peacetime administration is very different from that of a wartime coalition, and age had unquestionably taken its toll. But there were other factors. Churchill once ironically said to me that he envied Stalin. I was rather taken aback at this suggestion. He went on to explain that Stalin had grasped the essential that political power lay in controlling the party machine. Stalin had been general secretary of the Communist Party, like all other Russian leaders, but he, Winston Churchill, had never been popular with the top brass of the Conservative Party, and never had very much to do with it.
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2018-10-12): Lots of quotes from Churchill appear below. This particular one I’ve used many times in sessions on ‘how to manage a troubled project’ or during troubled projects. When you put it this way, it seems kind of obvious. Don’t stop in the bad place! [...] If that isn’t enough, in the second half, you have to give what’s left." Yogi Berra "One always measures friendships by how they show up in bad weather." Winston Churchill "You shouldn’t give circumstances the power to rouse anger, for they don’t care at all." Marcus Aurelius "Nobody can be all smiley all the time, but having a good, positive attitude isn’t something to shrug off." Yogi Berra "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde "Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." Henry James. American author from the 1880s "We may have all come on different ships, but we are all in the same boat now." Martin Luther King Jr. Winston Churchill "Little things are big." Yogi Berra
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2019-06-24): FACT CHECK: Did Winston Churchill Say, ‘Attitude Is A Little Thing That Makes A Big Difference’? The Livestrong Foundation posted an image on Facebook that claims Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." [...] While a positive mindset was Churchill’s "stock and trade," there is no evidence he ever called attitude a "little thing that makes a big difference."
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2024-03-06): QUOTE OF THE DAY "Attitude is the 'little' thing that makes a big difference." — Winston Churchill, former British prime minister
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2019-03-02): As with all things in life, in order to achieve this moment of bathroom nirvana one needs to get past the hotel staff. Like bees, they are not willing to give up their treasure without serious defence – the type of defence that looks you up and down and measures you. Attitude is everything. Not arrogance but confidence. As with all things its the type of panelled wall and carpeted floor environment where manner are one’s shield of Hercules. [...] Continuing down the corridor for a couple more meters and there’s the door to the Gentlemen’s on the right hand side. Unfortunately its guarded but a smartly dressed waiter in a brown uniform. It’s temping to duck into the bar and chicken out but reliance on a smile, a good morning and an attitude that keeps one pushing on. Through the door; marble, brass wooden doors and joyful surprise of Churchill in the air. This was worth the risk.
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2024-08-20): - Supposedly 1936. Posted on the Internet in 2002, these quotes caused a stir. In 1942 a $1 million lawsuit was brought against WSC (who had denounced the quotation as fiction) by publisher William Griffin of the New York Enquirer. The quotes and the lawsuit were dismissed when WSC admitted to the interview but denied the statement. See Winston Churchill: Myth and Reality, Chapter 14, "America and World War I." [...] Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. • No attribution. [...] - Supposedly Newcastle, 9 October 1909. Sometimes attributed to Churchill, actually uttered by his ally in the campaign to reform the House of Lords, David Lloyd George. Credit Lloyd George.
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2023-06-02): Teaching Students That Attitude is Everything [...] In thousands of classrooms across the world, there hangs a poster that says "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." It’s something Winston Churchill said when he was the Prime Minister of Great Britain. I say YOU should hang this poster in your room as well. Why? It couldn’t be more true. Or more appropriate for a classroom. With education, as with life in general, it’s our mindset that determines how much we learn, not our innate intelligence. It’s been proven that attitude truly does make a big difference. What we put in, we get out.
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2013-12-02): Ask anyone to name Winston Churchill’s best-known speech and nine times out of ten they will answer: [...] Few people, when they hear the speech on radio or TV documentaries, are aware that they are listening to Churchill speaking not in 1940 but nine years later.Strangely, though, there is a popular myth that the speech was broadcast at the time, not by Churchill himself, but by an actor, Norman Shelley. Shelley did make a phonograph recording of a different Churchill speech in the aftermath of the 1942 victory at El Alamein although what use was made of it, if any, is unknown. He never claimed to have impersonated the Prime Minister over the airwaves, and though many historians have pointed out that the story is false, it seems impossible to kill it. [...] In fact there was a compelling reason for him to make this statement, which was that the American government wanted him to. The USA of course was still neutral at this stage – Churchill’s initial draft included a reference, which he later deleted by hand, to its ‘strange detachment’ in the face of the Nazi menace. However, President Roosevelt made clear via secret channels that he wanted a commitment from Britain that even if she were defeated she would not surrender her fleet but would send it to South Africa, Australia, Canada and other parts of the Empire. If this were done, American intervention could be expected to follow quickly, he promised. So Churchill was giving him the message that he wanted to hear – a message that is now largely forgotten.
Claim: Claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." (Livestrong, 2019-06-19)
Evidence (2018-11-29): Winston Churchill – Top Twelve Quotes Winston Churchill was not only a great wartime leader but also a Nobel laureate, statesman, bon viveur and celebrated wit. Voted the greatest Briton of all time in a 2002 poll for the BBC, Churchill was as famous for his turn of phrase as he was for his political career. It is an almost impossible task to pick out just 12 of his quotes, but the team here at Historic UK have had great fun selecting our favourites. We hope you agree!
Claim: Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents (Viral Video, 2023-01-13)
Evidence (2023-01-13): This video has been digitally altered. The genuine video shows Jean-Pierre giving a response to the question instead of walking away.
Claim: Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents (Viral Video, 2023-01-13)
Evidence (2023-01-17): FACT CHECK: Did Karine Jean-Pierre Leave A Press Conference After Being Asked About Classified Documents? A video shared on Facebook purportedly shows White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre walking out of a press conference after being asked about classified documents. [...] A Facebook video allegedly shows Jean-Pierre walking out on a press conference after being asked a question about classified documents. The video opens with Jean-Pierre calling on Fox News journalist, Peter Doocy, to ask a question. The video was also shared to Twitter, where it garnered over 5,500 retweets.
Claim: Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents (Viral Video, 2023-01-13)
Evidence (2023-01-14): White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a Thursday afternoon press conference lawyers had finished searching for classified documents after some were found in President Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, garage. [...] Biden was asked about the classified documents Thursday, telling Fox News' Peter Doocy they were in a locked garage. [...] "As the president said, he takes classified information and materials seriously. And, as we have said, we have cooperated from the moment we informed the Archives that a small number of documents were found. And we will continue to cooperate," Sauber said.
Claim: Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents (Viral Video, 2023-01-13)
Evidence (2023-06-01): Karine Jean-Pierre shocks White House briefing with response to combative question: ‘Jesus’ [...] White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had an unofficial one-word response to a reporter who asked a pugnacious question about President Joe Biden being "corrupt". [...] After asking the question, Ms Jean-Pierre could be heard off-camera responding, "Jesus". However, Ms Jean-Pierre’s comment was not listed on the official transcript of the press briefing.
Claim: Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents (Viral Video, 2023-01-13)
Evidence (2023-05-16): White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment from the White House podium Tuesday about Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the investigation into Trump-Russia collusion. [...] Jean-Pierre responded, "I would leave it to the Department of Justice to speak to that." [...] "Thank you so much. I'll see you guys in Japan," she said while leaving the podium before any more questions could be asked.
Claim: Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents (Viral Video, 2023-01-13)
Evidence (2024-05-30): On May 29, 2024, X user @WallStreetSilv posted a 15-second video of White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre taking questions at a daily briefing. In the video, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asks Jean-Pierre, "Are you guys here at the White House in full-blown freakout mode?" Jean-Pierre then abruptly ends the briefing. However, this video was edited. The footage originated from the May 28 daily briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. In the unedited exchange between Jean-Pierre and Doocy, she answered several of his questions. She then continued taking questions from other journalists in the room. [...] For further reading, Snopes previously reported about a time Jean-Pierre dodged at least one of Doocy's questions about Biden's mental health. That rumor was true, in that she did not provide relevant remarks in her brief answer. Additionally, we noted that an X user reposted an edited clip making it appear as if Jean-Pierre left the room without saying anything at all, just like the rumor researched for this article.
Claim: Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents (Viral Video, 2023-01-13)
Evidence (2024-09-19): Did White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly end a press briefing after Fox News senior correspondent Peter Doocy asked why she, President Biden and Vice President Harris still referred to Donald Trump as a "threat" even after two assassination attempts against the former president? No, that's not true: The social-media video that claims to show Jean-Pierre ending the briefing after this question has been edited to cut out Jean-Pierre's actual five-minute-long response. The White House's livestreamed video of the briefing on YouTube and the briefing's full transcript contain Jean-Pierre's full response. [...] - Jean-Pierre took questions from another reporter. At 51:18 minutes, she closed her planner and exited the briefing. (above right) [...] Other fact-checking organizations, including Reuters and USAToday, have reviewed a similar claim that Karine Jean-Pierre avoided questions from Peter Doocy during a May 28, 2024, press briefing.
Claim: Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents (Viral Video, 2023-01-13)
Evidence (2024-02-15): FACT CHECK: No, Karine Jean-Pierre Did Not Leave A Recent Press Briefing Following A Question From Peter Doocy A video shared on Instagram claims White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre purportedly left a recent press briefing following a question from Fox News journalist Peter Doocy. [...] Jean-Pierre recently criticized Special Counsel Robert Hur following his recommendation that President Joe Biden should not face criminal charges over his supposed mishandling of classified documents, according to Fox News. Jean-Pierre said it’s not Hur’s "place" to comment on Biden’s memory amid concerns over his ability to serve as President, the outlet reported.
Claim: Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents (Viral Video, 2023-01-13)
Evidence (2024-07-05): No, Karine Jean-Pierre didn't avoid reporter's question | Fact check The claim: Video shows Karine Jean-Pierre walk away from a reporter’s question A June 29 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre taking a question from a reporter during a briefing.
Claim: Karine Jean-Pierre left a press conference after being asked about classified documents (Viral Video, 2023-01-13)
Evidence (2022-10-28): The claim: Video shows Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly ending press conference to avoid answering question Some social media users are sharing a video that appears to show White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre abruptly ending a press conference after a reporter asked a question critical of President Joe Biden's energy policies. [...] Based on our research, we rate ALTERED a video that appears to show Jean-Pierre abruptly ending a press conference to avoid answering a question. In the original exchange, Jean-Pierre responded to the question and didn't end the press conference until 10 minutes later.