George Eliot Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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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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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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'Easier, lad, with those soft small bodies....Nothing to it. They're just soft squashy things.'
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Diego is Diego and for me he is the greatest player of all time. Even after a million years I am not even going to be close to Maradona. I have no intention of comparing myself with Maradona - I want to make my own history for something I have achieved.
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Truth was the only daughter of Time.
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Life is too valuable to be wasted and it lasts too short
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The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention.
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It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.
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We're creating a brand image which didn't exist in the beginning, and I want to grow that. And in the way that the clothes and services we offer are a luxurious niche, I want to be doing that with accessories.
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There are many ways to go about a story. And if you give yourself some formal constraints, it just makes the job so much - maybe 'easier' isn't the right word, but because you know your boundaries, you can just play within those boundaries much more, so it's much more fun to do.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
