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"When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature."

Joseph Gordon-Levitt on History

More quotes about History

  • "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

    Confucius on History

  • "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."

    Abraham Lincoln on History

  • "A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."

    Mahatma Gandhi on History

  • "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little."

    Franklin D. Roosevelt on History

  • "I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

    Thomas Jefferson on History

More quotes by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  • "If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone."

  • "Making checklists of things you're looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you'll be alone forever."

  • "While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors."

  • "To be honest, I sort of feel like 'movie actor' isn't of this time. I love it. But it's a 20th-century art form."

  • "Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else."

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