George Eliot Quotes
One couldn't carry on life comfortably without a little blindness to the fact that everything has been said better than we can put it ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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I would like to direct.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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In all the areas within which the spiritual life of humanity is at work, the historical epoch wherein fate has placed us is an epoch of stupendous happenings.
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Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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'Swallow Me Whole' is still the creation that's closest to my heart.
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I'm no Leonardo DiCaprio.
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I hated school so bad. I only liked art class during high school. I was always smart.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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When I started out in life I wanted to teach.
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I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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The First Amendment is not an altar on which we must sacrifice our children, families, and community standards. Obscene material that is not protected by the First Amendment can and must be prohibited.
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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
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Each day, you can awake and focus on small, easy goals you can accomplish in the short term - goals that, over time, will lead you to your long-term goal.
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I'm a weird dichotomy of nerd, sports fan, and musical theater, so I'd love to do a superhero musical on Broadway. But all the good superheroes are claimed.
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You see a Donald Trump on TV, just like you'd see Joan Rivers on TV when she was living, and you see a real person. That's the Donald Trump that I know.
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Adolescence is a modern construct and very American in so many ways.
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The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.
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If I try harder I might be reincarnated as a lonely virgin hiding behind a cartoon frog.
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My nickname for my mom was 'The Compass.'
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I used to think that I wanted to be a hat maker, but I don't think that would have worked out.
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Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is 'pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated' nearly everyday - a high compliment for any book.
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One couldn't carry on life comfortably without a little blindness to the fact that everything has been said better than we can put it ourselves.
