George Eliot Quotes
... learning to love any one is like an increase of property, – it increases care, and brings many new fears lest precious things should come to harm.
Quotes to Explore
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'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.
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Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes sorted into a hierarchy of your skin tone. So the fairer-skinned kids sat at the front row, and the darker-skinned kids sat at the back by the poor ones who played out in the street all day long.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I'm not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger - and then moving on quickly to the next blogger.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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There are so many Muslim women that feel like they don't fit society's standard of beauty. I just wanted to tell them it's OK to be different; being different is beautiful, too.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'
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I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.
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I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.
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We need to understand what innovation will be built on top of our networks.
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Amateurs hope, professionals work.
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There are staples to my show. I have to be conscious about switching things up because I know people who saw me last year will say, 'He did that last time.' But if certain things work, they work.
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It's funny. Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the game who said they were at the game, there'd be 800,000 people at that game, I think.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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Singing is a limitless form of expression, and I love to experiment with my work.
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I love being in a courtroom.
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I don't want to just do what people classify as 'neo-soul' 'cause everybody don't listen to neo-soul. I want to make music for everybody. I'm always trying to incorporate new elements into what I do.
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I'm appreciative of things going wrong. At first it sounds crazy, but how boring would life be if you just coasted along without any challenges? Without learning about who you really are through the process of going through the darker times? Without feeling the sense of elation when you reach even a small stepping stone?
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Love is eternal – the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work.
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... learning to love any one is like an increase of property, – it increases care, and brings many new fears lest precious things should come to harm.
