George Eliot Quotes
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
Quotes to Explore
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I never understood the realism of an imaginary circumstance. While I was doing 'Smoke Signals,' I relied on my instinct and what I grew up with. I had this energy, but it was a one-dimensional thing.
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The army is the true nobility of our country.
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Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
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With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.
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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
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I've been doing pranks my whole life, so I guess I'm pretty good at it.
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I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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No, I never thought I would like cats.
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There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.
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In my office, I have a very beautiful marble bust of Seneca. I always have my eye on him when I'm taking phone calls. He's one of the many philosophers I've always read and admired.
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Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.
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I never look at any pictures of myself on the red carpet. I can't do that.
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I don't mind being the one people talk about. It doesn't weigh on me.
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Every team has a person who is used as a reference, a player who stands out more than others.
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Making your own records is really satisfying in the sense that you more or less get to do what you want. It may not sell or whatever, but on an artistic level, the only people that you really have to fight with are the people in your own band.
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You gotta have a good beat to survive in modern country in general. Everyone wants to feel good, laugh, dance, and cry. But at the same time, they all want it to sound happy.
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There's a disease that young writers are susceptible to, which is, I will do this because I can - hubris, I suppose - without stopping to work out why.
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Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful by them, because it is apparently not in the interest of such rulers to have great ideas engendered in their subjects, or powerful friendships or passionate love - all of which homosexuality is particularly apt to produce.
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Trust is a core currency of any relationship. Sometimes our need to control and micromanage everything erodes our confidence in ourselves and others. The truth: People are much more capable than we think. A hearty dose of trust is often what's needed to unlock the magic. Go ahead, have faith.
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Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
