George Eliot Quotes
People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.
Quotes to Explore
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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The Strauss Group identified water as a strategic category presenting significant business opportunity in line with the Group's long term business strategy and vision. We view the development of a technology that enables high quality drinking water for both home and offices as a means to improve the quality of life of millions of people.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that are having trouble getting made, there's always sex.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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The sense of jubilee for music and what we're making is always genuine.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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Hollywood's all about, 'Let's make this easy: This is what you do, so you go over here in this group, and we're not gonna call you.'
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I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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I didn't grow up watching movies and thinking, 'Oh, I wanna be in those!'
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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I never know how to get off the phone, so I'm terribly admiring of people who can.
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Modern authority is based on a system of lies that are accepted by the general population. If you pull away the curtain and show the reality of power, people are motivated to question the fictions that govern their own lives.
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People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.
