George Eliot Quotes
It is good to be unselfish and generous; but don't carry that too far. It will not do to give yourself to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow-trade; you must know where to find yourself.
Quotes to Explore
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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For the longest time, my older brother told me he was teaching me self-defense, but now that I'm grown up, I realize he was just practicing his martial arts on me.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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Aside from 'Hatchet II' and 'Hatchet III,' I've never repeated myself. I try to keep doing things that are totally different.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
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I get half a million just to show up at parties. My life is, like, really, really fun.
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Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.
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About 10 million people start a business each year, and about one out of two will make it. The average entrepreneur is often on his or her third startup.
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Make a list of the people in your 'choir'... If you're not on your own list, then you're doing something wrong.
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The Copts - the only branch of the Christian Church which was thoroughly integrated into the Orient! But then your good Bishop of Salisbury openly said he considered these oriental Christians as worse than infidels, and your Crusaders massacred them joyfully.
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I daily disconnect and read a good book or listen to a good sermon or call a friend or my mom and talk on the phone with my feet up. I also take baths with bath salts that I make myself.
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I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.
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It is good to be unselfish and generous; but don't carry that too far. It will not do to give yourself to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow-trade; you must know where to find yourself.
