"Shakespeare is forever coming into our affairs—putting in his oar, so to speak—with some pat word or sentence."

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"Equality before the law is probably forever inattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges."

— H. L. Mencken

Literature1880–1956

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— Klaus Kinski

Entertainment1926–1991

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— Mario Cuomo

Politics1932–2015

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