George Eliot Quotes
There is no feeling, perhaps, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music,--that does not make a man sing or play the better.George Eliot
Quotes to Explore
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There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.
Zoe Sugg -
In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
Edmund White -
When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
Dan Auerbach The Black Keys -
Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.
Rachel Cusk -
It's a sin to be tired.
Kate Moss -
Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!
Carice van Houten
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Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so the major labels were just always out of our picture, we're not interested.
Ian MacKaye -
I'm truly passionate about basketball. I'm not as passionate about baseball as I am about basketball, but I watch baseball and I watch football. I love sports in general.
Patrick Soon-Shiong -
All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens your legs. Punching power comes from your lower body.
Laila Ali -
I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.
Orlando Bloom -
Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
e. e. cummings -
I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very useful when you don't want to look at people. I used to have very short hair, but long hair is my thing - a black nocturnal shield.
Bat for Lashes
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Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous.
Maimonides -
What's not to love about a crazy cat lady? You have to be very giving to be a crazy cat lady.
Kate McKinnon -
France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything.
Adam Michnik -
I never drove in England. I rode bicycles. So driving is terrifying.
Ed Weeks -
If you don't have that vision for the end goal, you have no clue where you're going, and you're going to work very hard to go nowhere.
J. J. Watt -
This is why fiction is an art, and life is not - how much more affecting is the lie than the truth.
T. C. Boyle
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We begin by stating that religion is unbelief. It is a concern, indeed, we must say that it is the one great concern, of godless man...
Karl Barth -
No person with a sense of the dignity of mankind can condone the persecution of the Jewish race in Germany.
Charles Lindbergh -
Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain.
Emily Giffin -
I've done over 125 posters and I have worked with some of the best photographers in the world. They made me America's Number one Pin Up.
Cindy Margolis -
Touring helped me understand where I needed to be better in my music.
Vince Staples -
There is no feeling, perhaps, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music,--that does not make a man sing or play the better.
George Eliot