George Eliot Quotes
It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don't give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade.
Quotes to Explore
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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Charlie Finley has soured my stomach for baseball.
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I'm not a foodie - I'm an eater: I'm hungry.
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I'd read Stone Cold's biography about how he lived on, like, raw potatoes, and I thought, this is all part of it. This is what wrestlers do, and this is what I'm going to do.
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Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
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I come from a place where there's violence and inarticulacy. I worked in a pub from the age of 12 or 13. I used to see people smashing glasses over each other. I was never tough. I was scared of them.
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Build your self-esteem by recalling all the ways you have succeeded, and your brain will be filled with images of you making your achievements happen again and again. Give yourself permission to toot your own horn, and don't wait for anyone to praise you.
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Have I ever made a mistake? I am sure. Do I think I can stand on my record? I do.
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There are the medical dangers of football in general caused by head trauma over repetitive hits.
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There are no little things. "Little things," so called, are the hinges of the universe.
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I like people. Listen, if you're a hotelier, if you're a creative person, and you're working with the things that I do, then you have to like people; otherwise, you simply can't get anywhere.
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Qui frumentum necessariaque non praeparat, uincitur sine ferro.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don't give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade.
