George Eliot Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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Nobody owes anybody a living, but everybody is entitled to a chance.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.
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If we don't enforce visa laws, we basically have open borders.
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At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right.
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I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
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Pure phenomenology claims to be the science of pure phenomena. This concept of the phenomenon, which was developed under various names as early as the eighteenth century without being clarified, is what we shall have to deal with first of all.
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You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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Serve yourself, put the food away, then eat.
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If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.
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I get recognized all the time, but not as Haley Bennett.
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You must learn to end the wars in your world by ending them in your minds.
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One of the biggest challenges of writing for middle-grade or even young-adult readers is that I don't want to have too much violence in it - which really limits what you can do. It's important that they're not just bloodbaths or glorifying violence. I always try to show that a person who dies leaves a hole. There's grief in my books.
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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
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There's many a good bit o' work done with a sad heart.
