George Eliot Quotes
Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
George Eliot
Quotes to Explore
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I've actually been turned down for jobs because I was in Playboy.
Karen McDougal
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One thing that used to worry me is the fact that it seemed like Harvard was this big scary thing where I would have to spend all my time studying just to get in. But getting to go to both campuses of Harvard and Oxford and getting to meet some of the professors was absolutely amazing.
Yara Shahidi
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In 2010, there was a TED event called Mission Blue held aboard the Lindblad Explorer in the Galapagos as part of the fulfillment of Sylvia Earle's TED wish. I spoke about a new way of exploring the ocean, one that focuses on attracting animals instead of scaring them away.
Edith Widder
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I love Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey.
Karine Vanasse
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I've been blackmailed a billion times. I've been sued for ridiculous things. At one point in my life, I was an ATM machine. But I'm used to that. You don't get used to it, but I'm used to the fact that people will do this, even your own family members, and I don't hate none of them.
R. Kelly
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Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future.
Gary Ross
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I was very happy. I thought I would cut my way through life.. ..victory after victory, laughing.. Well, I adjusted as soon as they carried me into my mother. Half of my victories fell to the ground.. she pauses ..My mother had victories. her candid, weather-beaten face darkens abruptly
Agnes Martin
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Today our approaches to children are fragmented and partial. Those who care for well children know little of children who are sick. The deep knowledge that comes from the intensive attempt to cure is separated from the knowledge of those whose main task is to teach.
Margaret Mead
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We have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs.
Kanye West
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When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore.
Ang Lee
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Duty looks more repelling at a distance than when fairly faced and met.
Elizabeth Prentiss
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I don't feel like I have anything to prove, I'm not trying to be like 'this is me'. It's not anything like that, it's just fun songs, throwing my hair around.
Nadine Coyle
