George Eliot Quotes

It is in the nature of foolish reasonings to seem good to the foolish reasoner.

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• I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.

  

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• Any manager can do well in an expanding market.

  

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• It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'

  

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• This town was built on nepotism.

  

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• People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.

  

  Manoj Bhargava
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• Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah.

  

  Abu Bakr
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• We must remember that as the centuries go by, time will pass.

  

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• In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.

  

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• I love the immediacy of those old analog machines; it's really inspiring. You just set them up to play, and they go, playing the same thing until you switch the pattern.

  

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• I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.

  

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• I'm very grateful for social media. I think it has shown people my true nature, and through that has come a book deal, and I think it certainly contributes to people's view of me as a person with a sense of humor, which is only helpful in my industry.

  

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• The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

  

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• The amygdala is indeed crucial for monitoring our environment and deciding what's worth getting worked up over. Once the amygdala determines this, however, it merely trips another circuit to actually produce the panic.

  

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• The journey that I have undertaken, meeting people from all walks of life and learning from them, has been my biggest achievement.

  

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• There's nothing that can replace quality programs in a non-profit.

  

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• Isn't that the great thing about Christmas? You get a lot of respite, time to recharge your batteries, time with family without too much else happening anywhere else in the world, time to focus on the people you love and the activities that you enjoy, time to exercise, to read.

  

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• Dad likes my food, but he probably thinks it's too busy. He is a wonderful cook but only uses three ingredients. My mum rips out my articles and makes my recipes.

  

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• A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

  

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• After I learned the piano, I went on to learn percussion, the tuba, b-flat baritone, French horn, trombone, trumpet, most of the instruments in the orchestra. Trumpet was my instrument.

  

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• My nickname is Deb for people who really know me. But the only real nickname I've ever had was, my dad used to call me 'Ace.'

  

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• Our prayers can be more than empty wishes, vain hopes or feeble aspirations – but only when they are prayed from faith-filled hearts.

  

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• Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.

  

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• The best answer and the best way forward to young women out there who want to get ahead is work your tail off. Work harder than everybody. Be better than everybody else. Do better. Try harder.

  

  Megyn Kelly
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• It is in the nature of foolish reasonings to seem good to the foolish reasoner.

  

  George Eliot
  • Good
  • Foolish
  • Reasoning