Hanya Yanagihara

Between their rise in the thirteenth century and their sudden fall in the seventeenth, when the line abruptly ended, the Medicis produced three popes, two queens, and many Florentine rulers, and they supported the work of Galileo, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Botticelli - a veritable parade of geniuses.

American Novelist

Zach Galifianakis

You know, sometimes if you work - if you do a lot of takes and you work long hours, for me, at least, there is a delirium that starts kicking in on the fifteenth hour, and that can help. Below the just thirteenth hour is where I have a concern, because everybody's so tired.

American Actor

Murray Rothbard

An attempt by the Mongols to introduce paper money in Persia in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries flopped because no one would accept it. The public had no confidence in the paper money despite the awesomely coercive decrees that always marked Mongol rule.

American Economist

Hu Shih

The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great novels in a later period, together with their frank glorification of love and the joys of life, may be called the Third Renaissance.

Chinese Philosopher

W. E. B. Du Bois

In the Constitution of the United States, Negroes are referred to as fellows although the word 'slave' is carefully avoided before the thirteenth amendment.

American Writer

Siri Hustvedt

Years ago, when I was in Siena for the first time, I saw the works of Duccio, whose deeply emotional painting from the thirteenth century has never left me.

Joan of Arc

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.

French Saint

George Burns

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.

American Comedian

Shelley Berman

I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California.

Thomas Bulfinch

It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.

Some people consider the number thirteen unlucky, affecting how it's viewed in different cultures.

Superstition Link

Besides dates, 'thirteenth' can refer to order in lists, positions, or events.

Not Just Dates

'Thirteenth' can mark special occasions, like transitions from childhood to teenage years.

Birthday Milestone

Used to emphasize a rank in a competition, which might not be impressive.

Ranking Emphasis

'Thirteenth' helps describe a sequence where exact position is important.

Sequential Order

The term is more common in jazz or classical music, indicating an advanced knowledge of music theory.

Advanced Music Theory

Indicates chords that extend beyond the usual seven-note scale, adding richness to the music.

Extended Chords

Often used in improvisation, adding complexity and depth to melodies and harmonies.

Jazz Improvisation

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 eventually expanded into thirteen being an unlucky number in general. Now, this fear of the number thirteen, called triskaidekaphobia, is so common that many buildings around the world skip the thirteenth floor,

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 But this characteristic rhythm pattern comes from Africa. In the ninth century you could find it in the brothels of Persia, and in the thirteenth,