George Eliot Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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I go home, and I'm a blob. I just lay there and don't do anything - lay by the pool with the other husbands while the wives work. It's fantastic. It's really good. That's kind of our life at home.
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America is essentially an entrepreneurial culture: the sizzle is the steak, because, after all, if you buy the sizzle, the steak comes with it. Canada's, in contrast, is a primary-producing culture: we'll buy the steak and hope to get a little sizzle with it. But we know we can't eat sizzle.
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I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served the best health care, the best educational opportunities, and the best job training available. They deserve nothing less.
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I like the idea of working my way up. I don't feel impatient to immediately jump into something that could literally bring down a studio if I don't do it well.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.
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It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted specialists who deliver a paper to an audience of their peers. That's one way of making music.
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Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.
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You can't be a conqueror in your own home.
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We could be playing anybody the first game. We'd still have a sour taste in our mouths.
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Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
