George Eliot Quotes
The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic.George Eliot
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi -
Frank's audience doesn't care if a girl singer, a comic or an organ grinder with a monkey opens the show. They are there to see HIM.
Nancy Sinatra -
I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
Karen Elson -
Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
Samuel Butler -
If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.
Oswald Chambers -
We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
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For me, writing is a love – hate relationship.
Larry Wall -
I'm glad I've never been so successful that I couldn't stop doing one thing. I've kind of been able to just kick it along and switch around.
Kate Beckinsale -
Nothing in life is promised except death.
Kanye West -
I would consider myself conservative but sensible and pragmatic.
Victor Mitchell -
I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal.
Victoria Principal -
Ghost! I miss him! Is that weird? I miss him even though I invented him. I feel a lot of tenderness toward him. I don't write a lot of stuff that is sad or that is tender and affectionate, so that has a very special place in my heart.
Mallory Ortberg
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I went right to the 'Guide to the Marvel Universe,' which has every Marvel character from A-Z, and fortunately, I had every issue. I found 'Deathlok,' read about him there.
J. August Richards -
My father, Oliver Hynes, was an educator. He was originally just a teacher, a very good one, but then he was promoted to be in charge of education for the entire area. He was always an inspirational teacher. He was my big personal supporter, always coming here for the Tony Awards. My mother, Carmel, was a homemaker.
Garry Hynes -
These things I say, and shall say, if I can, are no longer, or are not yet, or never were, or never will be, or if they were, if they are, if they will be, were not here, are not here, will not be here, but elsewhere.
Samuel Beckett -
But it was impossible to remain so long in the company of a female, even a divine one, without suffering some form of disillusionment.
M. K. Hobson -
Stilicidi casus lapidem cavat.
Lucretius -
I agree that my single-minded approach was a failing in life, but if I upset people, it was never intentional - it was just the unfortunate result of a burning desire to get the best out of myself and achieve as much as possible.
Geoffrey Boycott
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Our appearance is a powerful communication tool, sending messages to every sighted person. Everyone is highly influenced by the visual impression of a person they are meeting for the first time.
Catherine Bell -
There's blame to go around but in the end, the federal government is our last defense and it's the failure of the federal government that has people in this country worried.
Eleanor Clift -
I'm one of those crazy people, if I'm watching the trailer for a movie and I'm really excited by it, I'll turn it off because I don't want to know anything. I want to be surprised because I love that more than knowing anything.
Adam Driver -
The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic.
George Eliot