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Ferdinand Quotes
On kings, emperors, and the band Franz Ferdinand.
"Ferdinand" covers real historical ground here: Columbus's court under Ferdinand and Isabella, and Emperor Ferdinand I summoning Duke Frederick III to answer for extravagance in 1559, alongside a much more modern reference to the band Franz Ferdinand.
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In 1559, Duke Frederick III was summoned before the Emperor Ferdinand I at Breslau to answer the accusations of extravagance and oppression brought against him by the Silesian Estates and was deposed, imprisoned, and his son Henry XI given the Ducal crown instead.
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Sometimes I'm kind of spacey. I'm like Ferdinand the bull, sniffing the daisy, not aware of time, of what's going on in the real world.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Players like Rio Ferdinand and Patrick Vieira have supported me, and I just want to say thank you.
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If you're in a successful band, you tend to fall into a role. But I'm not remotely laddish. I'm a grown-up. I'm vegan and teetotal. I run 50 miles a week, listening to Franz Ferdinand and the Four Tops at top volume.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I moved to Manchester United when I was a 17-year-old kid. Nemanja Vidic was five years older than me and Rio Ferdinand nearly nine years, and at the time, they were the best central defenders in the world. They never had a bad game.
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- Nov 07, 2020