George Eliot Quotes
The fact is, both callers and work thicken - the former sadly interfering with the latter.
Quotes to Explore
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The web is democratising and also the voice of people who don't think they have another outlet. And that voice can be punitive.
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.
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The World Cup is a very important way to measure the good players, and the great ones. It is a test of a great player.
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Success is goals, everything else is commentary.
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I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions.
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You have to leave room for the other person's ego.
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Anyone can sell product by dropping their prices, but it does not breed loyalty.
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If you have the support of people with a heart and a brain, then you're good.
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Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.
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There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they're pathetic; and the latter, frankly are hard to find.
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There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.
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The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
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I am extremely honoured to be the Defence Secretary, and I would not do the job if I did not think that I could make a useful contribution in the role.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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As a young girl, football is where I met the people who, to this day, are my best friends. It is also where I began to learn about the important relationship between hard work, teamwork, and fun.
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He who is dissatisfied with himself is continually ready for revenge and we others will be his victims, if only in having always to endure his ugly sight. For the sight of the ugly makes one bad and gloomy.
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We all die and disappear, but that's because the mechanism of the world itself is built on destruction and loss.
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What is death? A scary mask. Take it off-see, it doesn't bite.
