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Marie-Antoinette was born in 1755, the youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Emperor Francis I. She was intelligent and artistic but devoid of the ambition or calculation required to survive in the fetid atmosphere of the French court. In many ways, her character was not unlike that of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Amanda Foreman

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The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you're way ahead of the game.

John C. McGinley

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The only reason investors haven't run screaming from an obviously corrupt financial marketplace is because the government has gone to such extraordinary lengths to sell the narrative that the problems of 2008 have been fixed.

Matt Taibbi

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My third album, that will definitely be about this little girl and the process of watching your wife get pregnant. It's crazy.

Andy Grammer

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Our government shouldn't tell us where to travel and where not to travel.

Jeff Flake

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I think Obamacare is one of the greatest moves that will be beneficial for everyone in this country.

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Sonoya Mizuno

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I'm big fans of all those musicians, B.B. King, Mick Jagger - they're all on my iPod.

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I don't do well with snakes and I can't dance.

Robin Williams

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If you can make a lot more of something, you can make it much more inexpensive.

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In my opinion, WWE, to me, is the top of the food chain. So I'm concerned with being at the top of that food chain, which is the top, top of the food chain.

Luke Harper

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Deborah Tannen

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Chris Doubek

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