George Eliot Quotes
"Heaven help us," said the old religion; the new one, from its very lack of that faith, will teach us all the more to help one another.
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The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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Of course the success of A Boy's Own Story took me utterly off guard.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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Food is fuel and not a solution to anything other than giving your body nutrients. I love chocolate like the next girl, but it's not going to change my situation.
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I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted.
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I think, for me, I'm a player that wants the puck, and I'm a better player when I have it.
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The more that everyone has access to the same educational opportunities, the more society will tend to accept some receiving disproportionate rewards. After all, they themselves have a chance to be winners.
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Controversies are part and parcel of making a big film.
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Like every actress, I, too, had movies that got stuck, but I have learnt to always look at the best in every situation and to give my best to every situation.
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.
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That's my mentality. Just because somebody has fouled me, there is no reason for me to be nasty to him. I try to respect football as much as possible, and when someone is injured, you put the ball out.
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What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.
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I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.
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Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.
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According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on his own syllabic trapeze.
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Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.
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If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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To have come of age during and after the global financial crisis of 2008 is to belong to a generation often unable to do what an American could once expect, and to do what was once expected: Get a job, pay off student loans, and find a place of your own.
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What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.
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"Heaven help us," said the old religion; the new one, from its very lack of that faith, will teach us all the more to help one another.
