George Eliot Quotes
I would rather not be engaged. When people are engaged, they begin to think of being married soon, and I should like everything to go on for a long while just as it is.
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I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
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I was always pretty ambitious, although it probably helps that I can't do anything else - apart from cleaning lavatories. But I remember my mum once said, 'I suppose you'll give it a year and see if you can make it as an actress?' And I said, 'No Mum, I think I'll give it 10.'
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What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
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I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
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I think, in the early years, my biggest influences would have been... Daft Punk was a huge one for me, I bought their main record when I was nine; at a young age, I was into music. The Prodigy, Gorillaz were big ones.
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I have an abundance of enthusiasm; however, it would be foolish to think I can predict a future that doesn't exist.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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The reason I hate publicists is because I think if we got rid of them everything would be on equal footing.
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.
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Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now.
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I'd like to think, if I was ever in a fight, I'd win, although I'd probably run in the opposite direction.
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I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
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I've had meetings with Fidel Castro. I've had meetings with Kim Il-Sung. I've had meetings with other dictators. I've met with the Butcher of Beijing. You know, I think it's important to hear, you know, each other's perspective.
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I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.
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I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.
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I think of all my movies as home movies! It's just that some are more expensive than others.
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I think Secretary's funny, it is about sex, and there's a lot of sex in it, sex is the key, but you're talking about a lot of other complicated things.
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I think Robert Plant is the quintessential frontman - just the way he moves. His voice is superhuman.
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I don't care about losses anymore.
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It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.
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Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.
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The only way to deep happiness is to do something you love to the best of your ability
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I would rather not be engaged. When people are engaged, they begin to think of being married soon, and I should like everything to go on for a long while just as it is.
