George Eliot Quotes
Her heart lived in no cherished secrets of its own, but in feelings which it longed to share with all the world.
Quotes to Explore
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On election night 2000, I had never met then-Governor Bush, though I'd supported him for years. I believed he would be a strong, optimistic and gracious president with solid conservative principles and a big heart.
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I have the most supportive parents and family in the entire world.
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent.
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My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.
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He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.
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In certain ways, we, many of us, stopped paying attention to the world. I have to think we would have moved on the whole climate issue in a different way if we'd been paying better attention.
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I keep my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles.
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The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
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I really identified with Pocahontas' struggles as a young woman trying to identify herself in a modern, changing world and trying to stay true to her culture and heritage.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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So you've decided to travel around the world. This is an excellent thing to do. It's a precious place, this planet. We should see it.
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We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other classic things in life that we undervalue and take them for granted. If you think of the classic lines of the modern jet aircraft, it's really been there since early World War II.
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There is no doubt that Formula 1 has the best risk management of any sport and any industry in the world.
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I'm not really the type of person who wears my heart on my sleeve. I keep everything inside.
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Whaling was the oil business of its day.
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From the moment I wrote 'Leaf Storm' I realized I wanted to be a writer and that nobody could stop me and that the only thing left for me to do was to try to be the best writer in the world.
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I feel like in my life, when I've gone through during some traumatic things, I go so inward and I shut the world out and I become - I don't want to use the word selfish because it's hard circumstances, but when I go through hard stuff, it's difficult for me to communicate with other people, let alone stand up for other people's rights.
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I hope your committee will not permit doubts as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation.
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I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.
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The most complex object in the known universe: brain, only uses 20 watts of power. It would require a nuclear power plant to energize a computer the size of a city block to mimic your brain, and your brain does it with just 20 watts. So if someone calls you a dim bulb, that's a compliment.
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It just felt like the right thing to do to give back to a state school and public school. I'm a really big fan of public education.
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Her heart lived in no cherished secrets of its own, but in feelings which it longed to share with all the world.
