George Eliot Quotes
When one is five-and-twenty, one has not chalk-stones at one's finger-ends that the touch of a handsome girl should be entirely indifferent.
Quotes to Explore
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Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.
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I never want to make a complete, 180 reactional record. I wanted a connection to what I've done in the past but still move forward and evolve.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.
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What's been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight suits have done is... created the circumstances under which Iraq can become our closest ally in that part of the world and still have a representative government. And that's going to be a very good thing considering what's going on in that neighborhood.
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Many environmental battles are won by delaying a destructive project long enough to change the conversation - to allow new economic, political and social dynamics to emerge.
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The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security.
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I have 10 children. I've got my eighth grandchild in the oven with Kimberly. I have all these wonderful kids.
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I received my doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1910.
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To grow, people need to be challenged.
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I think I'm expected to behave in a certain manner.
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I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range.
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My father always said, 'Do your best and piss on the rest.' And I think there's a lot of truth to that, because if you've done your best, there's not a hell of a lot more you can do about something.
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I'm a much more chill person now that I know who I am and know my own voice, so I don't really get nervous with live TV at all.
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
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Complexity. In general individual decision makers must be assumed to have multidimensional values which attach nonmonetary subjective cost or value to (1) the process of making and executing individual or group decisions, (2) the end result of such decisions, and (3) the rewards (and perhaps behavior) of other individuals involved in the decision process.
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The thing about happiness is that it doesnt help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. So I'm grateful that my bed of roses was made up equally of blossoms and thorns. I've had a privileged, creative, exciting life, and I think that the parts that were less joyous were preparing me, testing me, strengthening me.
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It's honestly every time that I'm doing something, and every time I visit a station and hear my song on the radio and people buying my stuff, I'm like 'Are you kidding me? This is insane!'
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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There were eleven kids, and we all shared a bathroom. It was enough to drive us all insane.
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My whole swimming career was about training to beat Michael Phelps in any race I possibly could.
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I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married.
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I kind of look like every other girl, walking around.
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When one is five-and-twenty, one has not chalk-stones at one's finger-ends that the touch of a handsome girl should be entirely indifferent.
