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Do all men kill the things they do not love …… The quality of mercy is not strain'd It droppeth as the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
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Situated on an island which I think it will one day cover, it rises like Venice from the sea, and like that… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
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Sultan Mehmet had good relations with the Medici family and other powerful Italian clans, especially in Venice and Florence, and at his… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
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Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is? The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The gymnasiacs of Venice, in California, are so addicted to these practices that there has arisen a nation of men who can… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Fads get hot in California. A good idea can come from Des Moines, but it's not going to be anything there. Then… — Ken Hakuta Copy Share Image
If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
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Gentrification and consumerism... have destroyed the character of my favorite American haunts, like North Beach, Berkeley, Venice and Aspen. — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
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For our anniversary, my wife and I went to see Godzilla, and then we ate at Barnyard Venice, and it was like,… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
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I haven't read Ibsen, Shaw, Shakespeare - except 'The Merchant of Venice' in ninth grade. I'm not familiar with 'Death of a… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
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