George Eliot Quotes
Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
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I'd read books in Russian, and they would take me forever. I wanted to write a book that would last and would not be superficial. Siberian-travel writing is its own genre.
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Ultimately love is everything.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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Cara, ever since you told me at the age of four that you wanted to be Claudia Schiffer, while you were naked in the bath with a sponge on your head, I knew you were destined for great things.
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I don't really talk about 'Next to Normal' that much anymore.
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Nearly everything faith-related that I have done at Harvard has been followed by free food, from going to services at Harvard's Episcopal Chaplaincy to attending a day of interfaith discussion and dialogue hosted by the university chaplains in the fall.
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I had very few friends. There was nobody I could trust. I left home when I was fifteen. I lived in Washington Square Park.
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I used to be naive. I didn't realize the value of being a whole performer... People start to care about you when they know more about you and see different aspects of your personality.
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You know how country music stars get an extra 10 years on their life when they go to Branson? Like you're washed up, and you go to Branson, then you can last another 10 years. That's what bashing the media does.
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The best 45 years of my life were the 5 years I spent with Ton Jones.
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The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.
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If I go out one night, I must stay in the next. It's the same with my golf. If I play one day, I don't play the next. I try to pace myself.
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I do believe that Brock Lesnar will be coming back. I don't want to call it from retirement, but he is a huge draw, big guy, sells tickets. So that's a fight I would be interested in.
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We have the tendency of over-legislation regarding women.
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I don't know what's best for other people.
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When it comes to hockey, it's been in my blood since I was 3 or 4 years old. I love coaching the kids, especially at that level.
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About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 or 28 hours to complete it.
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I remember playing the Mad Hatter in a school play and feeling very comfortable in the character.
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I can't deal with someone wanting to take a relationship backward or needing space or cheating on you. It's a conscious thing; it's a common-sense thing.
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Another good thing about gossip is that it is within everybody's reach, And it is much more interesting than any other form of speech.
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Secret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
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Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
