George Eliot Quotes

What is opportunity to the man who can't use it? An unfecundated egg, which the waves of time wash away into nonentity.

Quotes to Explore
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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I know career motivation and encouragement up the ladder of success have their place in the world. But I don't want them anywhere near my spirituality.
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I look a hundred and weigh 110 – you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.
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If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
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When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'
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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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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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I love Canada.
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If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?
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A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.
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If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
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I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way.
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What I learned is that I should probably read a screenplay every once in a while before I said 'yes'. You could make bad film out of a good script, but you're never going to make a good film out of a bad script.
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The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.
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What is opportunity to the man who can't use it? An unfecundated egg, which the waves of time wash away into nonentity.