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  2. All the Shakespeare References You May Have Missed in ... - AOL

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    Many beloved romance-focused movies have taken inspiration from the Bard himself: William Shakespeare. 10 Things I Hate About You, the 1999 cult classic that starred Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger ...

  3. Phrases from Hamlet in common English - Wikipedia

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    William Shakespeare's play Hamlet has contributed many phrases to common English, from the famous "To be, or not to be" to a few less known, but still in everyday English. Some also occur elsewhere (e.g. in the Bible) or are proverbial. All quotations are second quarto except as noted:

  4. The Merchant of Venice - Wikipedia

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    The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598.A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan taken out on behalf of his dear friend, Bassanio, and provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock, with seemingly inevitable fatal consequences.

  5. All that glitters is not gold - Wikipedia

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    "All that glitters is not gold" is an aphorism stating that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so.. While early expressions of the idea are known from at least the 12th–13th century, the current saying is derived from a 16th-century line by William Shakespeare, "All that glisters is not gold".

  6. 21 things you probably didn't know about '10 Things I Hate ...

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    "10 Things I Hate About You" is loosely based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." The 1999 film used many of the play's character names and put a modern twist on the plot.

  7. But the power of a well-timed quote cannot be ovrlooked. From Casablanca to Jaws and Barbie , The Independent looks at 13 of the best examples of improvised dialogue from through the years. "Here ...

  8. The lady doth protest too much, methinks - Wikipedia

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    The Queen in "Hamlet" by Edwin Austin Abbey "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is a line from the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare.It is spoken by Queen Gertrude in response to the insincere overacting of a character in the play within a play created by Prince Hamlet to elicit evidence of his uncle's guilt in the murder of his father, the King of Denmark.

  9. 10 celebrities you didn't know grew up super rich - AOL

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    Upon his death in 1899, Cornelius had amassed $100 million — over $3 billion in today's money. "He had more money than the US Treasury," Cooper told CBS in 2021.