George Eliot Quotes
In the days when the spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses--and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread lace, had their toy spinning wheels of polished oak--there might be seen, in districts far away among the lanes, or deep in the bosom of the hills, certain palled undersized men who, by the side of the brawny country-folk, looked like the remnants of a disinherited race.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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I have always lived an ordinary life, and always will. It's who and what has to do with my job that makes it 'unordinary.' I cook, go to the supermarket, pick my children up at school.
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Everything with me is pretty close to the surface, but having kids has completely ruined my emotional equilibrium.
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music.
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There's more to life than physical and material.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.
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I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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I like the work that I get to do.
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This uprising of 1976-77 was, of course, the historic watershed... Within a short period of time, it propelled into the forefront of our struggle millions of young people.
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Basically my whole life revolves around soccer. I don't take many vacations. Everything just gets put on the back burner because of my training. I miss out on a lot of weddings and family functions. But at the end of the day, I'm sitting here as a world champion, and it feels pretty good.
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Everybody told me that if I insisted on doing rockabilly music, I'd never have a chance of selling any records. In fact, I lost count of how many people told me to ditch it all together, in favour, I guess, of sounding like everybody else.
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Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.
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We all sing about the things we're thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can't talk about.
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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We have rules that no longer are relevant to the world we're living in. Our regulatory system can't keep up.
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I have eyes like those of a dead pig.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete.
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In the days when the spinning wheels hummed busily in the farmhouses--and even great ladies, clothed in silk and thread lace, had their toy spinning wheels of polished oak--there might be seen, in districts far away among the lanes, or deep in the bosom of the hills, certain palled undersized men who, by the side of the brawny country-folk, looked like the remnants of a disinherited race.
