George Eliot Quotes
One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their pleasures.George Eliot
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not politically correct.
Kary Mullis -
If you could find a way to peel back the skin of this world so to speak, would you really see this supernatural reality that is greater? Is it true that we fight not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers? Every young person wants to know.
Ted Dekker -
For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
Maisie Williams -
From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
In Fall Out Boy, we were all playing with our pop punk influences, so that was always within that kind of framework.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.
Fabrice Luchini
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And we will accept the creation of the Iberian Federation of a socialist republic which will give each region the right to construct its life in accordance with its economic possibilities and political preponderance.
Federica Montseny -
I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
Vijender Singh -
Actors have this amazing skill - we bond quite quickly but equally we move on quite quickly. There's nothing particularly cold or capricious about it - we're troubadours and lead a troubadour's lifestyle.
Natalie Dormer -
Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.
Lance Henriksen -
The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
Octavia Spencer -
As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending 90% of the population.
Sam Harris
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When you battle Nancy Pelosi as much as I have, you're bound to get a few wrinkles.
Ralph Hall -
I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is the way I think it should be.
Wayne Rogers -
We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wrong way.
Nate Silver -
I have been luckier than anyone I know or even heard of. I had a very happy childhood, a good education, I enjoyed working as a teacher, journalist and author. I have loved a wonderful man for over 33 years, and I believe he loves me, too.
Maeve Binchy -
It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors.
Sam Levenson -
Holy Joy were a cult '80s band led by the wonderful songwriting genius that is Johny Brown.
Irvine Welsh
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Without God man has no reference point to define himself. 20th century philosophy manifests the chaos of man seeking to understand himself as a creature with dignity while having no reference point for that dignity.
R. C. Sproul -
I would never share my daughter's wardrobe. Every five years you have to go through your wardrobe and say, 'This is possible, this is not possible.' But you have to be happy with yourself.
Carine Roitfeld -
Now however, we have contraception and it's mostly reliable so you can have sex without that happening. So then you start vilifying the act of sex itself. I don't think Buddhism has ever done that necessarily, or at least I'm not aware of Buddhism taking the stance that Christianity often has which says that sex itself is a kind of evil act, which is a really weird idea.
Brad Warner -
Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice columns, whoreoscopes, Hollywood gossip, and moral dilemmas on the level of TV soap operas. What litanies the advertisers of the good life chanted at you! What curious catechisms!
Erica Jong -
One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their pleasures.
George Eliot