George Eliot Quotes
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I miss baseball.
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Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
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The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.
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Yeats, protected to some extent by the Nationalistic movement, wrote out of a somewhat protected world, and so his work does not touch life deeply.
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I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out and being blown away by it.
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My grandparents don't really listen to pop music, and they only speak Spanish and only listen to Spanish music.
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In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.
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When you're 25, it's a little bit easier to be daring, especially if you are a pop star, because eccentric behavior is expected from you.
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Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
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I've just had a wonderful time doing Chinese music, and it's been so rewarding for me. I feel like there's so much potential in mandarin music, and there's so much, you know, ground left to be broken.
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If you're not cheating, you're not trying.
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I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.
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During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet.
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I didn't intend to run for public office. I didn't really think about it.
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I live on my phone: I have a bunch of news and informational apps on there.
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In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom.
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Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer.
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To me, a purely good individual or purely bad individual, that's a comic book – that's a fantasy – and I don't do fantasy.
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I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness in this, a certain audacity, to this announcement. I know that I haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington, but I've been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change. People who love their country can change it.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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I have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the age of twelve for having an East London Cockney accent. I thank them for the cockney taunts because the beatings turned me on to boxing. But on a serious note Canada has been kind to me.
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A solid sense of self will help a person to lead a full and happy life.
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When what is good comes of age, and is likely to live, there is reason for rejoicing.
