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We think of medieval England as being a place of unbelievable cruelty and darkness and superstition. We think of it as all being about fair maidens in castles, and witch-burning, and a belief that the world was flat. Yet all these things are wrong.
I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.
Alfonso X, Royalty (1221) |
Vincent Cassel, Actor (1966) |
Paul Celan, Poet (1920) |
Joe Eszterhas, Writer (1944) |
Oded Fehr, Actor (1970) |
Steve Harvey, Actor (1956) |
Boris Karloff, Actor (1887) |
Mary Landrieu, Politician (1955) |
Roy Acuff, Musician (1992) |
Elbridge Gerry, Politician (1814) |
Hanns Johst, Playwright (1978) |