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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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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I think I've done everything on 'The X Factor' apart from the cleaning.
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Environmentalists have been outspoken in their support of smaller family size and abortion rights as keys to reducing global warming. But when it comes to immigration, the single biggest contributor to population growth in the industrial world, they stand largely silent.
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With the first 'Hatchet,' I had an epic battle with the ratings board. They kept giving the movie an NC-17. There is absolutely no way that movie should have gotten an NC-17. All the gore in it is so ridiculous and over-the-top that you can't take it seriously.
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I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted.
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The only way one can really understand what we are is by knowing yourself.
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No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
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I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.
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At that point I was just a little too conscious to hold on to it and I woke up with that awful empty feeling you get when you realize the person who can make you happier than anything is a fucking dream.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
