George Eliot Quotes
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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To light a candle is to cast a shadow.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.
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Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
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I'm a child of the Disney Renaissance, so the new classics are near and dear. I suppose this is a legend more than a fairy tale, but 'Mulan' is easily my favorite. Not only is it a fun, action-packed, beautiful movie, but it's so important for young girls to have.
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Science does not limit itself merely to what is currently verifiable. But it is interested in questions that are potentially verifiable (or, rather, falsifiable).
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I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face.
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We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again.
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Like sex in Victorian England, the reality of Big Business today is our big dirty secret.
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I was named after Yul Brynner because my mother had an infatuation with him. Who the hell names a Cuban kid Yul? Talk about a torturous childhood.
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I am very, very clear on how difficult it is for a young kid out there to go into the arts without taking a lot of heat from his peers.
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When a government for the people becomes a government in spite of the people, then who are we really serving?
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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I do believe that I deserve what I have. I don't think I'm entitled to it. That's a big difference.
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As a journalist, as a screenwriter and as a director, I'm trying to tell compelling and truthful stories.
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I am not that concerned that innovation in some large scale sense will suddenly and abruptly shift from one part of the world to another.
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I love fall because I love the whole cuddling aspect of it, and a sweater dress has that vibe of I'm going to hunker down and be warm, but it's also very feminine.
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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
