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One of the interesting things about the 'Decameron' itself was it was written in the Florentine dialect as opposed to the Latin vernacular - and that was mainly to have it be a piece of literature for the people as supposed to some kind of highfalutin' canon.

Jeff Baena

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It's hard to get personal films off the ground, and it's hard developing them.

Jodie Foster

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When I first started acting, I was actually working with the National Youth Theatre in London doing anti-knife crime workshops, so I was listening to a lot of music that was around us all the time, around the guys I was working with, and the kids - lots of young grime artists from London.

Joe Cole

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My life and career is defined by the constant pursuit of new forms of culture and self-expression.

Melvin Van Peebles

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Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.

John Ruskin

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I picked up a guitar, and I knew what I wanted to do.

Stone Gossard

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I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns.

Tom Hicks

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Wow. I am really pretentious.

Rob Corddry

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The growing attention Americans are paying to what they put into their mouths has touched off a new scramble by the processed-food companies to address health concerns.

Michael Moss

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I love kimonos because you can just throw them on over anything. Ever since I got my first kimono from Lane Bryant in high school and thought, 'This is amazing; I can wear it with everything!'

Lizzo

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The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep.

Lois Capps

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We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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I believe the most compelling explanation of Obama's actions is that he is, just like his father, an anti-colonialist.

Dinesh D'Souza

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