George Eliot Quotes
In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception.
Quotes to Explore
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
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Sadly, for some mothers, this experience can be made so much harder due to challenges with our very mental health.
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I found it interesting that as people become more technically oriented all over the world, at the same time people are becoming increasingly spiritual. The success of the Da Vinci code - even though it was a great yawn - also showed people's interest in religion.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.
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I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.
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I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.
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I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
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I'm learning slowly to not be as much of a control freak. I can't afford to be all the time, but I'm getting better at communicating. Delegating parts of my vision for other people to execute has made it an easier process for knowing what I want, and what people can handle, and what I should probably save for myself.
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Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me.
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Early in my career, my 3-, 5- and 9-irons performed differently than my other irons. But I adapted and made them work.
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You need to learn. You need to grow up. You need to step up and know the difference between what you can do and what you can't.
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No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or three icebergs, until he has been lost in the sands of the desert, until he has spent a few years in the House of the Dead.
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The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
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An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.
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Sexuality poorly repressed unsettles some families; well repressed, it unsettles the whole world.
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For longer than I've been involved in the political process, the Republican establishment has claimed to want to provide an alternative for the black community, yet party elite refuse to show up for the game.
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When they lose their sense of awe, people turn to religion. When they no longer trust themselves, they begin to depend upon authority. Therefore the Master steps back so that people won't be confused. He teaches without a teaching, so that people will have nothing to learn.
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If the Supreme Court rules that rent control is an unconstitutional taking of property, it would put all sorts of zoning rules in danger.
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My feminism, as intended by me, extends to empowering women to make legal choices, not to judge the legal choices they make. My fight is for rights.
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In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception.
