George Eliot Quotes
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.
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These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
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Education was something my parents always put a lot of emphasis on. It was naturally in me, and my sister is equally driven. She is a paediatric endocrinologist.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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I could walk into anyone's home one time and draw a three-dimensional architectural plan of the inside of their home from memory, but I could not add up a column of numbers.
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I would never walk off any show.
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I genuinely liked all of the cast members very much. Steve had a wicked sense of humor. I remember Russell coming to my rescue, once. I watched Eric evolve before everyone's eyes. Maurice loved what he did, so. He treated his character with respect, down to the costuming.
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But you know, it's not easy when your husband runs for president. I mean, it's not easy for me. I'm sure it's not easy for her. There's a lot of scrutiny on families that isn't always wanted.
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The clergy earns its living from religion. If your interests are secured through religion, then you will defend your interests first, and religion will become secondary.
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I've always thought that one of the least successful encounters is meeting a writer one admires. For one thing, writers are generally much kinder, more empathetic, more generous people on the page than they are in person.
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Teamwork is a strategic decision.
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As a writer, you must know what promise your story or novel makes. Your reader will know.
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Kids come out of the chute liking science. They ask, 'How come? Why? What's this?' They pick up stuff to examine it. We might not call that science, but it's discovering the world around us.
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Nam concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maxumae dilabuntur.
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If you err it is not for me to punish you. We are punished by our sins not for them.
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I became an American citizen three years ago, and if I'd been arrested, maybe that wouldn't have happened. That was a very proud moment, by the way. I still have my Irish passport, but becoming an American citizen was important in terms of my family.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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I have learned that friendship isn't about who you've known the longest, it's about who came and never left your side.
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I'd like to see us improving on what we had last year.
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I take a dose of mathematics every day to prevent my brain from becoming quite soft.
