George Eliot Quotes
The pride of the body is a barrier against the gifts that purify the soul.
George Eliot
Quotes to Explore
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God made a mistake with me. I'm actually black, trapped in a white body.
Watkin Tudor Jones
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I'll tell you why I like writing: it's just jumping into a pool. I get myself into a kind of trance. I engage the world, but it's also wonderful to just escape. I try to find the purities out of the confusion. It's pretty old-fashioned, but it's fun.
Barry Hannah
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If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently.
A. N. Wilson
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I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
Viggo Mortensen
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
Washed Out
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In our house, everyone's opinion is welcome. I grew up in a house where everything wasn't when it came to politics or religion.
Garth Brooks
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Investors have finally woken up to the fact that there is something called the 'Russian Internet' into which you can invest.
Maelle Gavet
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When I don't have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. I'll do something else.
Danger Mouse
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Oh God, to think that you only fall in love once in your entire life is such a depressing thought.
Olivia Wilde
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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
Barbara Boxer
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I like to believe that if you pay close attention to the sentences as they unfold, they will draw you in rather than pushing you away.
Damon Galgut
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I don't really like being with people my own age for long periods, because all we talk about is our decrepitude, how the world is changing for the worse even though it isn't.
Ian Mckellen
