George Eliot Quotes
If a woman's young and pretty, I think you can see her good looks all the better for her being plainly dressed.
Quotes to Explore
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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Most people who end up being successful have good grades, but it's orthogonal - there's no extra information than if they put together a website and have bunch of fans who love coming and seeing what they're doing.
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Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.
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The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.
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I don't believe there is any finer mission on Earth than just to make people laugh.
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Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur domestic job growth - a 'subsidy' for oil and gas firms. The truth is that all U.S. manufacturers, from software producers to filmmakers and coffee roasters, are eligible for this deduction.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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I received my doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1910.
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You can't make a direct comparison between middle-class African Americans and middle-class white Americans, affluent African Americans and affluent white Americans. The amount of wealth tends to be less.
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Politicians will talk strategy and tactics and policies and programs until they're blue in the face, or you strangle them and they turn blue.
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The atmosphere at my school was very competitive. Young girls were competing with each other every day for status, for leadership, for the affection of the teachers. I hated it.
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Varieties of angels, like varieties of love, are many.
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It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.
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There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.
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I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.
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But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.
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Music is a passion of mine. I'm always listening, always learning.
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I've got to write about my character every day. I've got to find out where he lives, what bus he catches to school, and stuff like that. You've got to know every little thing about him so when you do it, it feels natural.
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To read is to have experiences; every book changes my life at least a little bit. The first time I can remember this happening was when I was 10, with a biography of Thomas Edison.
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In the 1960s, my father chose to introduce Italian-style clothing into a world that was filled with boxy Brooks Brothers suits. So if you were dressing in his clothes in New York or California, you were breaking a rule. And my mother, Risha, who is still living, has always been an activist. I don't think my mom has met a cause she doesn't like.
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I'm not a horror guy, it's not my thing, but I respect it a lot. I know how hard it is to make, especially to make good.
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If a woman's young and pretty, I think you can see her good looks all the better for her being plainly dressed.
