George Eliot Quotes

The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.

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• You have to take over your town in order to take over your city.

  

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• I always approach every role through a lens of comedy.

  

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• There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.

  

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• You see I found I didn't have to act to be happy.

  

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• I love New York, and I'm drawn to a certain intensity of life, but I've just never felt like I want to escape from the Midwest. A writer lives a great deal in his own head, and so one intuitively finds places where your head is more clear. New York for me is one of those places.

  

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  • Life
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• I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?

  

  Natalie Dormer
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• Of course, I have to consider that I've written a lot of prose, but I do in my heart think of myself as being originally, and still primarily, a poet.

  

  Vikram Seth
  • Heart
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• Well Ice H20 is my company that I plan to take to the next level with new artists, books, movies and so forth. It's more like a multimedia brand that I want to take to the next level and put some talented people on.

  

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• I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.

  

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• I was nearly 40 when I started. I had no fear that I wasn't going to write. I knew it was just delayed. Then, my goodness, I never stopped.

  

  Jane Gardam
  • Fear

• When I see Liz Taylor with those Harry Winston boulders hanging from her neck I get nauseated. Not figuratively, but nauseated! All I can think of are how many dog shelters those diamonds could buy.

  

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  • Dog
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• The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.

  

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• For example, the first time McDonald's put a deaf person in a commercial they saw a jump in sales. I think that happens with other kinds of disabilities and products and that is something that is being realized more and more.

  

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• Before I left China, I was educated that China was the richest, happiest country in the world. So when I arrived Australia, I thought, 'Oh my God, everything is different from what I was told.' Since then, I started to think differently.

  

  Jack Ma
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• We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.

  

  Ike Barinholtz
  • Wife
  • Rule
  • Fine

• Women are perfectly well aware that the more they seem to obey the more they rule.

  

  Jules Michelet
  • Women
  • Rule
  • Obey

• The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.

  

  George Eliot
  • Rule
  • Wander
  • Rebellion