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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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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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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I'd probably get a much quicker and better result if I went to a really great guitar player for a certain style of guitar that I have a problem doing. But there is a challenge in figuring out if I can do that myself.
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All my mates are at university, and it's a life I haven't had a chance to enjoy, so it's great to turn up and sample a bit of it.
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Splitting the atom is like trying to shoot a gnat in the Albert Hall at night and using ten million rounds of ammunition on the off chance of getting it. That should convince you that the atom will always be a sink of energy and never a reservoir of energy.
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It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.
