George Eliot Quotes
We are all of us born in moral stupidity, taking the world as an udder to feed our supreme selves.
Quotes to Explore
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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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When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation.
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Mozart was born Mozart. Charlie Parker was born Charlie Parker.
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If your response to the first black president is to say they weren't born in this country... you might be a white supremacist.
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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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I wasn't born, I was ordered from room service.
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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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I had the misfortune of being born in a horrendous situation.
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The original is more musical than the club mix. I always enjoy using melodies and find it crucial for albums to have variety in styles.
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I'm more of a short-hair girl; short hair is a lot more low-maintenance than long hair. And when you're in front of camera every day and your hair is being flatironed and blow-dried it's easier to have a weave so you don't damage your own hair.
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It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.
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In a world where faith is often construed as a way of thinking, bodily practices remind the willing that faith is a way of life.
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We are all of us born in moral stupidity, taking the world as an udder to feed our supreme selves.
