George Eliot Quotes

Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl happy as he thinks of hers for making himself happy.

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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy that I was watching it that young. That was the one that made me want to become an actor.
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I've been told I have an aggressive driving style.
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I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?
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After college, I went into the NBC Page Program. It's one of those great programs that allows kids to get their feet wet in every area of the business.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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We always saw ourselves in careers as entrepreneurs or angels.
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I enjoy seeing new places.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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You can't be in love with a Google search.
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Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.
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The pageant movie I'm obsessed with is 'Miss Congeniality', hands down! I could quote everything from that movie. I love so many scenes, but I always find myself quoting the scene when Sandra Bullock goes, 'I really do just want world peace!'
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Non-violence is backed by the theory of soul-force in which suffering is courted in the hope of ultimately winning over the opponent. But what happens when such an attempt fail to achieve the object? It is here that soul-force has to be combined with physical force so as not to remain at the mercy of tyrannical and ruthless enemy.
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I really always expected to somebody to make me happy and I don't think you can really enter into a relationship until you are happy.
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To me, the only good reason to be touring is if you still have something good to share instead of just revisiting past glories.
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Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.
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One wonders at the docility of the students who evidently must be satisfied enough with the credentials to be uncaring about the lack of education.
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Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl happy as he thinks of hers for making himself happy.