George Eliot Quotes

We are all of us born in moral stupidity, taking the world as an udder to feed our supreme selves.

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There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much more rule-directed. Catholicism isn't something that they breathed in from their childhood, so they think that if you don't toe the line on abstract doctrine you can't be part of the Church.
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There is perhaps no better way to appreciate the dizzying stupidity of the United States than to chat with 25 consecutive morning radio hosts.
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Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.
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Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
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In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.
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The first album I ever owned was 'A Star is Born.'
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When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!'
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Mozart was born Mozart. Charlie Parker was born Charlie Parker.
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Of course, every job I ever had I thought I was born for.
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Some people are born strong or stretchy, or with a tungsten will.
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We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born.
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I was born in 1928 and by 1931 the Depression was beginning to mount.
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I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades.
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No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
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It's been federal law for over two centuries that the child of an American born abroad is a citizen - a natural born citizen.
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A person is born with a liking for profit.
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I was born in Sweden, and in Sweden we are known for the piracy services.
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No one is born hating others.
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The greatest ideas, the most profound thoughts, and the most beautiful poetry are born from the womb of silence
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...and I have this stupid little thought that Aaron didn't survive the croc attack after all, that he died but he's so pissed off at me that dying didn't stop him from coming here to kill me anyway.
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Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
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I will make an attempt to attain freedom, the youthful soul says to itself; and is it to be hindered in this by the fact that two nations happen to hate and fight one another, or that two continents are separated by an ocean, or that all around it a religion is taught with did not yet exist a couple of thousand years ago. All that is not you, it says to itself.
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We are all of us born in moral stupidity, taking the world as an udder to feed our supreme selves.