George Eliot Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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As we get more transparent with data sets about infrastructure and systems management, I have a feeling we'll see big changes in how we think about complexity and our relationship to our actions.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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I want to be frozen on the hope that they'll find whatever I died of and bring me back.
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England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!
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It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.
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I write almost every single part of my songs, even the actual drum parts sometimes, whether they be simple or layered with many different instruments.
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I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
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The quality of a timeless song is that it's catchy, meaningful and relatable.
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I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that our indigenous music - gospel, blues, jazz and R&B - is the heart and soul of all popular music; and that we cannot afford to let this legacy slip into obscurity, I'm telling you.
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I knew I would get offers to play the villain after 'Kick,' and I had already decided to reject all of them.
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A fascinating reaction of the human brain when we fail to meet a goal is that it tells us to throw caution to the wind and make things even worse, which ultimately leads to us giving up.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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I'm from Pennsylvania, so I was in New York a lot and my brother lives in New York.
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When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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I think the struggle, whenever you make a film or television movie based on a real person's life, is finding a dramatic arc that will hold an audience's attention.
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Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.
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I think I've done everything on 'The X Factor' apart from the cleaning.
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You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.
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Rock music is predictable, unless there's great talent involved.
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Having Brian Wilson sing on my album was an unforgettable experience.
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I'll let you in on a secret ...How to avoid taking a wrong turn. I speak from experience. Don't blame the world around you. The world is very much larger ...than you realize. Large enough to embrace all of you.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.