George Eliot Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.
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While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.
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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary.
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To be happy, make other people happy.
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You see how few things you have to do to live a satisfying and reverent life? If you can manage this, that's all even the gods can ask of you. (Hays translation)
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The Episcopals don't demand much in the way of actual religious belief. They have girl priests, gay priests, gay bishops, gay marriages - it's much like The New York Times editorial board. They acknowledge the Ten Commandments - or 'Moses' talking points' - but hasten to add that they're not exactly 'carved in stone.'
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When I write, when I'm going hot, I don't want to write more than four hours in a row. After that, you're pushing it.
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Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.
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I believe you need films like that - feel-good, breezy films that families can watch.
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Humans are lazy but not stupid.
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I think everybody should have a great Wonderbra. There's so many ways to enhance them, everybody does it.
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Children are like grown people; the experience of others is never of any use to them.
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The message from the Technion when I was a student was: 'You will be so good that when you graduate, everyone will want to hire you.'
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One who is publicly honest about himself ends up by priding himself somewhat on this honesty: for he knows only too well why he is honest-for the same reasons another person prefers illusion and dissimulation.
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I love music. I think music is a big inspiration; I listen to it a lot when I'm writing. I really love cinematic music. A lot of the time, I make playlists for my characters when I act. I also make playlists for the scripts that I write.
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Music sweeps by me as a messenger - Carrying a message that is not for me.
