George Eliot Quotes
The worst service, I fancy, that anyone can do for truth, is to set silly people writing on its behalf.
Quotes to Explore
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I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.
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Susan B. Anthony must be turning in her grave if she knew that millions of women who have the right to vote are not exercising it. Why? Because they haven't got the interest or the time, or they have just given up hope.
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God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go and they join clubs, and play sports. So I kind of had to find my own way to make friends and get attention and so I just was the class clown.
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A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
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No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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I think that designers and architects need to educate the people who don't quite know what they do and make a strong case for why it's valuable and why it changes the game. I think waiting for people to come around to it just won't do.
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I have my hands full with my kids and so romance is not high on my list of priorities.
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We assume people we know can't be serial killers.
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My grown man crush is Morris Chestnut. He's just timeless!
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I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.
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Ever since I was little, my mum used to choose an outfit for me and lay it on the bed so I'd know what I was wearing the next day. I never went to a uniformed school, so I always had an outfit – and I never really grew out of that, I don't think.
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I throw a Christmas party at my house. It's not really a Christmas party, because I don't want to call it a Christmas party. But let's just say I put a lot of Christmas trees around the house, so it smells good.
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I studied because I wanted to know, not because I wanted the world to know I knew.
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All the faith and good will in the world is wasted without direction.
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The worst service, I fancy, that anyone can do for truth, is to set silly people writing on its behalf.
