George Eliot Quotes

Religion can only change when the emotions which fill it are changed; and the religion of personal fear remains nearly at the level of the savage.

George Eliot

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• I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.

  

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• Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.

  

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• Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda.

  

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• The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.

  

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• I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.

  

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• No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

  

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• Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.

  

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• Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.

  

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• Whenever I see the Hong Kong flag is flying in the sky, not because of anybody else, because of my efforts, I think it's the most proud time of my life.

  

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• Obviously, you need talent to do well in your sport, but I think hard work goes a long way. You need to be lucky within the sport too, though. In badminton, you can benefit from good draws and people getting injured.

  

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• Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.

  

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• I've been very lucky and been able to work, as an actress, but I'm definitely a working actress. I get a script, I audition, and then I pray.

  

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• No man is really changed by success. What happens is that success works on the man’s personality like a truth drug, bringing him out of the closet and revealing… what was always inside his head.

  

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• Religion can only change when the emotions which fill it are changed; and the religion of personal fear remains nearly at the level of the savage.

  

  George Eliot
  • Change
  • Religion
  • Emotions