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.
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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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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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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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Affairs go on, and all will take some shape or other, but it keeps one in hot water all the time.
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The sound of water is worth more than all the poets' words.
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Write a million words before thinking about getting published.
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I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money, money, money and I say turkey sandwich and I say grape juice.
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Do you think you are protecting somebody by taking away seven words?
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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.
