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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The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.
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I just think we're on this rock orbiting a sun that's going to go out, and I don't know that human society is necessarily a wonderful thing for the planet. I think people can be kind to one another and share things, but I don't know that this particular iteration of civilization is to be preferred to any other.
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I wasn't funny as a kid. I remember enjoying comedians, but I never understood it was a job choice or a profession.
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The way we played here, we could win the league, the Champions League and the cup.
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There was a break in the proceedings when Peter Greste was deported, and that was considered sufficient then to allow the executive to intervene.
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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.