George Eliot Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
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The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
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I started as kind of an outsider - freelancer working from home, building contacts from the ground up etc. - so I didn't have too many relationships holding me back.
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As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it.
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Give hope (the magic ingredient for success) - you will have hope and be made hopeful.
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When Edna O'Brien's first novel, 'The Country Girls,' was published in 1960, her family and neighbors in the small Irish village where she was born tossed copies into a bonfire expressly set for that horrifying purpose.
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To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.
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There is a huge difference between failing and failure. Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work. Failure is throwing in the towel and giving up. True success comes from failing repeatedly and as quickly as possible, before your cash or your willpower runs out.
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I have a lot of mermaid stuff. I did start collecting a lot before I had children because I didn't know if I would have a boy or a girl. So I saved everything.
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Acting is just such an incredible art form.
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We left Germany when I was 11.
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Arnaud Desplechin invented me as an actor. I never imagined I'd be acting in movies.
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It is foolishly thought by some that democratical constitutions will not, cannot, last; that the States will quarrel with each other; that a king, or at least a nobility, are indispensable for the prosperity of a nation.
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I am the youngest of three boys, and I was super-informed by what the older ones were into.
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I haven't gone completely insane, but it might happen soon.
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The Doobie Brothers' 'What a Fool Believes' makes me want to move. And I still haven't gotten over the Macarena. Who has?
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I definitely am a ritualistic person.
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There's something about approaching universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere, and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.
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It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.
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The truest drive comes from doing what you love.
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One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
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Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity.
