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Edward Gibbon Quotes

It has always been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould, to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last polish to my work.

Edward Gibbon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: english
Birth: April 27, 1737 - January 16, 1794

Topics

Work Practice Memory Action Pen Try

My bedroom's like an armoury.

Jeremy Irvine

Bedroom Like

I've met Caucasians who are racist, but I've also heard black people say racist things.

John David Washington

People Black Say People Say Things

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

John Dryden

Fear Great Mask Boldness However

Working on 'Laguna' was great because just being in production and shooting stuff and having to go back and relive some things, and there were some lines here and there that the producers would want us to say, and just kind of, you're forced to recreate moments, and just working on the show was so much fun.

Stephen Colletti

Great Fun Moments You Back Kind

Football is multigenerational. It used to be about fathers taking their sons. Now we're taking our daughters, too.

Steve Tisch

Football Now Used Daughters Sons

Many Europeans are confused by the terms Roma and Romania. They wonder if it is an ethnicity or a nation of 22 million citizens.

Traian Basescu

Confused Wonder Nation Ethnicity

I came up, I suppose, a fairly traditional way. I went to art college. I always wanted to be a stills photographer, really, when I was younger, and I briefly worked as a stills photographer.

Roger Deakins

Art College Way Photographer Always

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

Rutherford B. Hayes

Performance Vote Duty Possible Never

Many improv groups give off the same positive annoying vibe that I associate with Christian Young Life groups with shows that more resemble children playing than a comedy performance.

Matt Besser

Life Positive Children Performance

I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.

Liz Phair

Think Design Mean Get Response

I don't walk around big headed. I'm not a superstar.

DMX

Walk Big Superstar Around Headed

I played saxophone for 15 years. I played out. It never reached any kind of a level that was recording or anything.

Dayton Callie

Kind Never Years Out Anything Level