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. . . .

George Eliot

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• We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.

  

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• Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.

  

  Natalie Clifford Barney
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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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• If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • Truth
  • True
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• People expect comedy from me but I am not just a stand-up comedian anymore. I act on stage, host 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and also conduct interviews on my show. I have grown as a person and an artiste.

  

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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.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • People
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• But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.

  

  Calista Flockhart
  • People
  • Old
  • Mystery

• 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.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Thinking
  • Pretty
  • Beginning

• The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.

  

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  • Problem
  • Photography
  • Turn

• I majored in Shakespearean studies at a very tiny school in Georgia.

  

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  • School
  • Very
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• I've always looked old for my age.

  

  Natascha McElhone
  • Age
  • Always
  • Old

• 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.

  

  Jack Dunphy
  • Him
  • Finish
  • Drive

• 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.

  

  Barry Humphries
  • Kids
  • History
  • Feel

• I love when you get to work with people you know because there's so much more trust, and you're much more willing to be vulnerable in a scene with someone you trust.

  

  Malin Akerman
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• Women, teenagers, we have to really empower each other.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Women
  • Teenagers
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• People in misery is what most important in art.

  

  Zhang Yimou
  • People
  • Important
  • Art

• It's kind of good to do things while you're young.

  

  Quvenzhane Wallis
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  • Kind
  • Young

• Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.

  

  Philip James Bailey
  • Mind
  • Silence
  • Lovers

• I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.

  

  Dawn French
  • Future

• It's for all the women who embrace my aesthetic, but can't afford a Vera Wang dress. If women can get anything out of it - a little bit of me or a lot of me, that's what's important.

  

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• I never was a hippie! I went to India because so many friends like Mia Farrow and the Beatles were going there to discover truth. And so I went and trekked through India by myself, but instead of discovering truth, I wanted to join the Peace Corps.

  

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  • Truth
  • Friends
  • Peace

• When you work at 'The Wall Street Journal,' the coins of the realm are truth and trust - the latter flowing exclusively from the former.

  

  Bret Stephens
  • Work
  • Truth
  • Trust

• 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. . . .

  

  George Eliot
  • Truth
  • Knowledge
  • Conscience