George Eliot Quotes
Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.
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While I was serving in the Florida Senate, American soldiers were being killed in Iraq, a war we should have never started, and often by Iranian proxies and their improvised explosive devices.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.
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I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.
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It would not be amiss for the novice to write the last paragraph of his story first, once a synopsis of the plot has been carefully prepared - as it always should be.
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I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.
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I love being the sidekick. I'm pretty sure fans love seeing me that way.
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The big question about how people behave is whether they've got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.
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As far as rap, I was more of a Mobb Deep guy rather than a Tribe guy.
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I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the U.S. It took three years to get the accent right.
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They just don’t trust people. They don’t trust individuals, they don’t trust any change that should serve and benefit people, and they try to stop it.
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Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.
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I see what you mean, but I do not think what you think.
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Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do.
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A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must not be mean or above the dignity of the subject. It must be appropriate.
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The key to freedom is accepting my own autonomy as an individual, and respecting the autonomy of other individuals, with all of what that means - whatever that means.
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I think the root of minor problems is separation from a belief system of interconnectedness and compassion and oneness, so when we multiply that over and over again, it turns into lies and chaos and terrorism.
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Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos.
