"Pardonnez-moi, monsieur." (Spoken to the executioner, after she stepped on his foot.) ~~ Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, d. October 16, 1793
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--Marie Antoinette
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Marie... - The cable stays! The foot has spoken!
-- Homer puts his foot down
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