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Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#forms #government #hereditary #monarchy #present

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#considered #equally #false #magistrate #modes

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#general #instead #love #much #music

I thank God tonight for freedom - those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future. ↗

— Jim Gibbons

#defend #freedom #future #god #i

My husband acts and I have such respect for those that do it well, that I wouldn't even try to pretend I can act. ↗

— Leeza Gibbons

#acts #even #husband #i #i can

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#certain actors #had #honored #i #idolatry

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#bit #criticism #falter #going #good

It's peaceful for people to know how their lives are going to be, pretty much. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#how #know #lives #much #peaceful

Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed and displaced, images, impressions, facts which have deeply moved me. ↗

— Alberto Giacometti

#constructed #deeply #discover #displaced #facts

I don't know if people feel this way, but I think by nature that when you start off as a young pop singer, they assume that you're a bit pampered, prissy, and precious, or that you live in a bubble and not in the real world. For me that's not the case. ↗

— Debbie Gibson

#bit #bubble #case #feel #his way