Edward Gibbon Quotes

The captain of the Hampshire grenadiers...has not been useless to the historian of the Roman Empire.

Edward Gibbon

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'In A World...' changed my life a thousand per cent. I feel thankful that something I believed in so much - I love dialect, so I dedicated five years of my life to making a film about it - yielded such rewards. It led to 'Man Up,' as well as 'No Escape,' which comes out later this year... two movies where I am the female lead.

Lake Bell
- Life
- Up
- World
Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.

Patrick Duffy
- Los Angeles
- Angeles
- Los
Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.

Barack Obama
- Family
- Remember
- American
For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with that.

Taylor Schilling
- World
- Truth
- Yourself
I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.

Salman Rushdie
- Family
- Mother
- Father
Weight used to be an issue. I was always fat as a child. And everyone used to tell me, 'You've got such a pretty face; why don't you lose some weight?' Over the years I've realised that my body is a certain type, and I have learned to accept it.

Vidya Balan
- Why
- Pretty
- Body