George Eliot Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I like to prove people wrong.
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But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.
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The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.
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Being boring is just wrong, isn't it? You wouldn't have got anywhere being boring.
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I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.
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I love proving people wrong.
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People said I couldn't gig, and I proved them wrong.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
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I'll get in the face of anyone I think is wrong.
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Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
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I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think and feel.
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There are more ways of skinning a cat than rubbing its fur the wrong way.
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Watch human nature; we are so built that if we do not get thrilled in the right way, we will get thrilled in the wrong. If we are without the thrill of communion with God, we will try to get thrilled by the devil, or by some concoction of human ingenuity.
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The problem is that I am in the wrong century to burn things. I am the wrong generation to let it go.
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Cody is smart. He is driven to be successful. Ultimately, he is someone I trust and respect.
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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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How a peaceful, uncrowded place with ample wherewithal stays poor is hard to explain. How a conflict-ridden, grossly over-populated place with no resources whatsoever gets rich is simple. The British colonial government turned Hong Kong into an economic miracle by doing nothing.
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That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing.
