George Eliot Quotes
Memory, when duly impregnated with ascertained facts, is sometimes surprisingly fertile.George Eliot
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I'm, I guess you could say, the Chinese-speaking, banjo-picking girl.
Abigail Washburn -
The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a mental illness or maybe a sin or a crime. Gay liberation allowed us to make the leap to being a 'minority group,' which made life much easier.
Edmund White -
I run a fast pace on my sets, man. I like the energy of the scene to be the energy on the set. I think it affects the actors, and I think it affects the crew. There's that sensation like you're really shooting it for real, like in a documentary.
Daniel Espinosa -
I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
Lana Del Rey -
What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
G. Edward Griffin -
I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and say, 'Oh, what a clever boy I am!' I think that, like most artists, we were put on the planet to suffer just a little. And we do.
Ian Anderson
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A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
Wayne Gretzky -
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Ovid -
I don't know how I got out of some of the scrapes I was in. But I know that there's some sort of plan.
Carlene Carter -
All you need is a bad angle and suddenly you're 30 pounds overweight.
Rachel Hunter -
An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
Carl Maria von Weber -
If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
Ed Rendell
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I think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me.
Omari Hardwick -
Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.
Edsger Dijkstra -
I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.
Maeve Binchy -
You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.
Adam Lambert -
I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.
Taylor Swift -
I've had so many injuries.
Patrick Swayze
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The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
Samuel Johnson -
Possibly we might even improve the world a little, if we got up early in the morning, and took off our coats to the work.
Charles Dickens -
I didn't know if Skynyrd fans were going to throw rocks at me or eggs or what.
Johnny Van Zant Lynyrd Skynyrd -
I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.
Samantha Bond -
Memory, when duly impregnated with ascertained facts, is sometimes surprisingly fertile.
George Eliot