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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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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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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Singing is a limitless form of expression, and I love to experiment with my work.
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Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
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I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look - that healthy equals beautiful.
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I love being in a courtroom.
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I don't really think about genre. I like to write books that I'd love to read myself.
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I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.
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My dad was a very funny man - he's the one who taught me life would be awfully hard without humor! I'm sure his Irish wit in some way influenced my decision to become an actress.
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I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.
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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.
