George Eliot Quotes
It is well known to all experienced minds that our firmest convictions are often dependent on subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.
Quotes to Explore
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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Art is born of humiliation.
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I think people think of me as this elegant person because they always see me dressed up.
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Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have acquired the false notion that tyranny or dictatorship or cruelty are the outcomes of a powerful personality. These characteristics are not power. They are weaknesses disguised as power.
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If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?
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During the season, I dodge the media, kind of. It's not that I'm trying to avoid them, but I know if they get a hold of me, there's going to be, like, 10 people around me, and I'm going to have to answer question after question, where in that time, after practice, I need to be taking care of my body and recovering.
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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My criticism is too severe sometimes and that is not good. But why don't you start doing your work unless your leader flies into a rage? It is not that you cannot do it but that you don't want to do it.
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Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.
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I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion.
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I want to protect my vision, and that's the hardest thing.
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People in Israel are sick and tired of the old politics.
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You always want your films to go as far as they can.
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Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
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Several of my favorite cousins and some of my best friends are lawyers, and I find the profession endlessly fascinating.
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Feel is the most perplexing part of golf, and probably the most important.
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I have known in my heart since I was a little girl that music was a major part of my life and always would be, but seeing others respond to the words I sing amazes me.
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It is well known to all experienced minds that our firmest convictions are often dependent on subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.
