George Eliot Quotes
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People have often asked me, do I want to be the next Oprah - there is no such thing. Oprah is Oprah, and she's still being Oprah if anybody hasn't noticed... what I bring to TV is myself... I really think there's space in daytime TV for a whole bunch of fun, some amazing music, and some heart.
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A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?
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Each multiplex has screens allocated to each studio. The screens need filling. Studios have to create product to fill their screen, and the amount of good product is limited.
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X-rays revealed that some people were born without a corpus callosum, and they seemed just fine.
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There's a kind of immediacy that comes with being constantly connected that I don't really relate to in my generation.
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I'm not the sort to wallow in nostalgia about the good old days.
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The best present a man can give a woman is his undivided attention.
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Even the bad things are better than they used to be. Bad music, for instance, has gotten much briefer. Wagner's Ring Cycle takes four days to perform while 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm' by the Crash Test Dummies lasts little more than three minutes.
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Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
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If the world wants you, it's gonna keep on coming till it gets you. And who am I that can fix it? Who am I that can change this if the world wants it so badly? Who am I to stop the end of the world if it keeps on coming?
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I'd just like to say that I have a personal disgust for small dogs, like poodles. I have some serious physical problems with them. Everything about them means I must kill them. I must.
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There are secrets in all families.
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I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid.
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Reputations are maintained by the outside world, and they're created by it, too, by and large. And they serve as a hell of a device for privacy, because the more people look for something that's not there, the less chance they have of violating who you are. It's like going out there with a mask on, without having to exercise your upper body to put it on.
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I want to - on behalf of myself, and I think on behalf of a majority of the American people, say that, you know, our word is good.
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As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy a rent-free space in your mind.
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I mean, when it's time to rhyme rhyme, I can get down for mine.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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As the Cold War melts into history, our first concern should be the preservation and extension of human rights and democracy.
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My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was a man of his times.
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Where else can you strip down a car, plow it into other cars driven by people you don't even know, and not get a ticket? ... It's just fun.
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Brothers are so unpleasant.
