George Eliot Quotes
Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name. … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
Quotes to Explore
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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
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It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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We know that reading to children is a crucial step. From the beginning, babies who are read to are exposed to the cadence of language, and school-age children who read at home for 15 minutes a day are exposed to millions of words.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
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The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.
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I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
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The mind is just another muscle.
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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
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Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.
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There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.
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Hard work and making the most of life - that's what makes Georgians great.
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I don't have a great voice or even a good voice.
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How do you combat a man with a firearm? You don't combat him with a golf club, baseball bat or a knife. You combat him with another firearm.
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Whenever I get on stage, I feel safe and in control. Life can be so uncertain, but on stage, I always know how a drama or crisis is going to end. Acting is a great comfort blanket and has gotten me through countless personal crises. I am a firm believer that the show must go on.
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The characteristic poetic strategy of our time-refine your singularities-is something Auden has not learned; so his best poems are very peculiarly good, nearly the most interesting poems of our time. When he writes badly, we can afford to be angry at him, and he can afford to laugh at us.
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Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name. … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
