George Eliot Quotes
Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others; as people who are well off speak in a cajoling tone to the poor.
Quotes to Explore
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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When you're not involved, other people's unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can solve it, that you are God, that you are above this, and that their unhappiness is just such useless toil and agony. If it's you, it ceases to be a comedy.
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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
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In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
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I know basic things about belly dancing, but not the technicalities; I want to learn it. I want to learn belly dancing.
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In a marketplace where it's so easy to produce products, where your competitors can essentially match you on the product itself, you need to have something else. You need to have an added value, and that added value is the identity, the idea behind your brand.
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Art is more engaging that propaganda.
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I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'
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You slam a politician, you make out he's the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses.
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I can't form a total picture of things. Because I'm not her.
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Science sometimes falls short when trying to fathom the depths of our essence - and our inspiration comes from that essence.
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Sometimes I think everything I touch turns into a Page Six item.
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I was opposed to the government mandating that restaurants not allow people to smoke, believing it becomes the customer's choice whether they go in or not. But then, I thought, 'What about the employees? Aren't they hostage to a smoking environment, even if they don't smoke?'
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People with the strongest and healthiest sense of calling are not obsessed with their calling. They are preoccupied with the Caller.
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We still go over calls, ... It is hard in plain clothes to jump in because people will ask, 'Who is this guy?'
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Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others; as people who are well off speak in a cajoling tone to the poor.
