George Eliot Quotes
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
Quotes to Explore
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
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Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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You wouldn't recognize me from one project to the next.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.
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I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.
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For years, I have repeatedly said that Maryland taxpayers were being overtaxed and overcharged.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.
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Homosexuals reject the process of healing because it's too painful and time-consuming.
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I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.
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I have this big kid in me. I indulge him; I let him out to horse around. I think I'm being a great old man.
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Speech at the Nobel Banquet (10 December 1979).
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People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.
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I was a VP of marketing, I was regional sales manager in fashion, and marketing director in communications and product development. I was always a corporate Fortune 500 girl.
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My audiences have given me lots of love as a tennis player. I hope they appreciate my passion for acting.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
