George Eliot Quotes
the rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families . . .
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I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.
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Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.
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I've been training quite hard.
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I'd love to be able to dance like Madhuri Dixit.
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The Indonesian brands aren't interested in sports people, only movie stars, because they can get more exposure in the media.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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Once I dive in, I dive in all the way.
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The least sexy city is Los Angeles. And it poses as the most sexy. As you grow up, L.A. is being sold to you as home of the bikini-clad party girls. And then you get there, and it's full of very goal-oriented, yoga-obsessed careerists.
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Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.
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We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings.
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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
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Transcendental meditation is something that can be defined as a means to do what one wants to do in a better way, a right way, for maximum results.
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My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so easily.
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I'm a working-class person, working with class.
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When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many.
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If I paint something, I don't want to have to explain what it is.
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In 1906, I developed pleurisy and was unable to get into condition. So I asked for my release and obtained it. So ended my Major League career.
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Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night.
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People are, you know, a little - they're still uncertain, and they're uncertain both because they don't know what might come next in terms of regulations, but they're also uncertain because of changes in a global economy that we're only beginning to take hold of.
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the rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families . . .
