George Eliot Quotes
Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be. . . .
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Sure, we think it would be great to live forever, but it really wouldn't.
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Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
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But I have to say I'm incredibly proud of the Panther Racing National Guard Team, and in my IndyCar career there's not many races where I've honestly left the track feeling that we've executed everything perfectly. And I have to say, I thought they did an absolute phenomenal job. The pit stops were just first class.
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.
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I majored in Shakespearean studies at a very tiny school in Georgia.
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I've always looked old for my age.
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If Truman hadn't published 'Answered Prayers' in parts, he'd have had the drive to finish it. The peacocks took it away from him.
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I really feel sorry for kids who aren't interested in history - recent history, either, because it is this that made us what we are.
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Women, teenagers, we have to really empower each other.
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People in misery is what most important in art.
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It's kind of good to do things while you're young.
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Signs are taken for wonders. 'We would see a sign!'The word within a word, unable to speak a word,Swaddled with darkness.
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We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not us to degrade other countries…I want the freedom of my country so that other countries may learn something from my free country so that the resources of my country might be utilized for the benefit of mankind.
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Tell that to the marines-the sailors won't believe it.
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It is sometimes difficult to avoid the impression that there is a sort of foreknowledge of the coming series of events.
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I think I'd like to do a big movie with a strong female lead, whether or not she would be a superhero. I'm more interested in characters like Scarlett Johansson in 'Lucy.' I'm less interested in people with superpowers because I can't identify with them.
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To be an American is to be part of the world because America, all the people of the world come to America.
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People say to me, 'You make fantastic films' and I say, 'No, I make documentaries.'
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To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.
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Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be. . . .
