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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Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
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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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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
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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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I believe my woman shouldn't work outside the home.
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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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We're very lucky, men, that there are these fabulous parts. Women - once you've done all the parts in Shakespeare, they start running out. So you can pick and choose and find something to energise you.
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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture.
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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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I'm not a guy that ever got in a fight on the street and with the public and everybody.
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I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.
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Toys today are more stereotyped than they were 20 years ago; the market is even more segmented. And they can go into their own kitchen anytime they want, for God's sake. On the other hand, maybe it doesn't matter because girls are doing everything anyway, even being soldiers.
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What I like about Sapphics is the music of a non-iambic metric in English.
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I think, it is a challenge to get critics or whoever to see past what you wear and makeup and the way you look and just concentrate on the music.
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Music sweeps by me as a messenger - Carrying a message that is not for me.
