George Eliot Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.
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I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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I feel like if you flip through my Instagram, you'll kind of see the same angles and poses every time. That's the trick to having people love your Instagram selfies. It's all about your angles.
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Everything ultimately becomes the CEO's problem, no matter where it starts. I can see why some CEOs crack under the pressure.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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A lot of people who want to cook with less fat are surprised by that. You can cook vegetables in a little water in a covered pan and then throw the fat into the residual liquid to coat them.
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The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.
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You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.
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I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
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We must have the time to create strict rules so that property is not sold by Communist managers for a low price. They often get payments under the table to sell to the first bidder. This does not build public support for a market economy.
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I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
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Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.
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There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.
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I will come up with a project that will wipe out poverty in the Philippines in two years. I want to remove the people from economic crisis by using the Marcos wealth. Long after I'm gone, people will remember me for building them homes and roads and hospitals and giving them food.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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I have followed my heart my whole life - the crazy kid, a contrarian by nature, and I've been in trouble in points in my career.
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Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped.
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You're after something - not a story, but a certain, exquisitely intense encounter with beauty - and the only way to find it is to tiptoe past the dragon's cave.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
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Beauty is part of the finished language by which goodness speaks.
