George Eliot Quotes
That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger - not to be interfered with by speech or action which would distract the sensations from the fresh enjoyment of repose.
Quotes to Explore
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Anonymity breeds meanness.
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Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I had a moment where I was like, 'I'm so tired of waiting for other people to accept me.'
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For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don't have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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I'd love to have a 19th Century Russian book club where all the members had to act like the pretentious minor noblemen they were reading about.
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I've never worked in advertising - my experience was as an editorial designer for magazines - but you could say, in the bigger picture, that magazines are vehicles for colour advertising.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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It's always an inner wish of every actor to reach out to maximum audiences.
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I just want people to know out there no matter what they've done, God doesn't judge us on how many sins. God is there for us. He loves us. He wants us to turn it over to Him.
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I've just always loved singing, and I come from a family that loves singing around the kitchen table.
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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
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Oh, but Aunt Polly, Aunt Polly, you haven't left me any time at all just to- to live.
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Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death.
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That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger - not to be interfered with by speech or action which would distract the sensations from the fresh enjoyment of repose.
