George Eliot Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.
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'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'
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I would consider myself to be a moderate Republican, but more important than that, I believe our system of government is the best system there is... and while I have no illusions of changing the world, I've had good opportunities in life, and I believe there's an obligation to give something back by participating.
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Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.
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An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
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I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them.
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I was in the streets at eight, nine years old.
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Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.
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We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.
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Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.
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We pay for content that we like, and we like the content we pay for. It's a lot more satisfying to pay $7.50 for Steven Spielberg's next epic than it is to watch my home movies for free. Even for me.
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I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do. But I do find it a bit bizarre that people find it bizarre that I've grown up.
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Once I got started acting I loved it.
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I am only one man with one heart...Call me a demon, call me a monster...but I can't be the strongest forever...!!! — Whitebeard's response to his status as the "Strongest Man in the World".
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People who take on complicated creative projects become lost at some point in the process. It is the nature of things—in order to create, you must internalize and almost become the project for a while, and that near-fusing with the project is an essential part of its emergence. But it is also confusing. Where once a movie’s writer/director had perspective, he or she loses it. Where once he or she could see a forest, now there are only trees. The details converge to obscure the whole, and that makes it difficult to move forward substantially in any one direction. The experience can be overwhelming.
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People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
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If Canada could simply apply the basic principles of sustainable development, such as the internalization of costs and 'polluters pay,' it would have long-term beneficial effects, both environmental and economic.
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Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them at a future time.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
