George Eliot Quotes

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.

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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction.
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
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You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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Many of us will be obsessed with one or another kind of secret or revelation, be it gossip about friends or ourselves, a fantasy about spies, or a worry about the most personal information now stored in data banks. But few of us think about secrets in general, or about the moral rights and wrongs of hiding or exposing them.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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'Freaky Ali' may look like an easy role to others, but it is not easy.
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When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
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I like visualizing a lot, so the night before a competition and right before, I will visualize myself. I'll close my eyes, turn away from everybody, and just see myself doing exactly what I want to accomplish.
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I go out and speak to women's groups all the time, and I say, 'Guys, you gotta laugh and find the humor in things. You gotta pass it on.'
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When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.
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Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
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Our biggest single theme is trying to make the NIH work better with the same amount of money.
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Crime is out of control in Baltimore City.
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I'm not interested in making all-black films - I come from a very diverse culture; I want to work with every type of person. I work a lot with women executives because they seem to be a lot more open minded about that and a lot more progressive in that way.
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In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as a team sport. The outcome is only possible with the interaction of all the players.
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I never want to be the woman that's telling other women what to do.
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For a long time, I was portrayed as the Osama bin Laden of the Internet, and I really wanted to be able to tell my side of the story. I wanted to be able to explain exactly what I did and what I didn't do to people who thought they knew me.
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Don't ask God to change the laws of nature for you.
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A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.