George Eliot Quotes
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I know that I was put on this planet to be an athlete.
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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too.
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
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I completely get the drag thing.
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I don't consider myself a celebrity. That would be kind of sad.
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In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
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I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.
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I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.
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I enjoy my life.
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If you've got a plot the size of a car or a tiny yard in Italy, you're going to be growing tomatoes and basil and celery and carrots, and everybody is still connected to the land.
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I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.
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I am doing characters that have so many layers. And I am very lucky that I show a lot of variety.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.
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The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam!
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Seriously I suspected I was a good actor, though I didn't know it during 'Monsoon Wedding.' Now I realize the more I learn, the less I know about acting... and life.
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As I "won," I didn't feel the fruits of that. I felt the fruits when I served others, when I gave myself away. . . . I've always seen my life as an experiment. I just want to go to what works. As I felt the charity aspect in my life, the giving aspect, I felt a power and I've walked more into that.
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One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
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We want a vehicle that ... can gain as much support from the delegation as possible and the support of the House so that we have a realistic chance of passing legislation that protects Florida.
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Frankly, I don’t care what others say.
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It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.
