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George Eliot Quotes

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: british
Birth: November 22, 1819 - December 22, 1880

Topics

Love Effort Evil Desire Escape Us

If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.

John C. Maxwell

Children Parents Behavior Employees

I consider myself more of an international artist than I do a one-territory artist, which I think is a blessing.

Blessing Myself Think Artist More

Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie and The Sex Pistols may come and go, but rebellion remains a key part of the rock n' roll experience. However, that rebellion - the outgrowth of a youthful search for independence and identity - doesn't always take the same form.

Experience Identity Key Independence

In order to keep anything cultural, logical, or ideological, you have to reinvent the reality of it.

Reality You Reinvent Anything Order

The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.

Life Freedom Creative Me Writing

I'm worried that the audience is being conditioned. That's my real fear. Because if they don't want to see wrinkles on the screen, if they actually fear looking at them, then it's only going to get worse. Those of us who don't want to shoot up and cut and sew, we're just not going be cast.

Fear Looking Wrinkles Want Real See

I came to music and knowing a little bit about life, and I came to music knowing a lot about business - and that's a real advantage. By the time I came to music, I had purchased real estate, opened restaurants, and been in the business world, so the music business didn't blindside me.

Life Business Music Time Real Estate

My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize.

Parents Short Go Street Abroad Were

The biggest lesson that I've learned is that fashion is this tightrope where you have to be consistent but inconsistent. You need the connective thread but at the same time you need a sense of surprise.

Time Fashion Surprise You Lesson

We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people.

Louis Farrakhan

God Struggle People Gift Glory

I didn't know anything about acting, I didn't know anything about theater, but I was just an exceptional student at high school. I wanted to play ball; I'm going after a basketball scholarship and be a doctor. I got injured and my marks began to drop.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

School Basketball Doctor High School

My favorite aspect of being an author has always been visiting different communities and meeting my readers face to face.

Face Meeting Always Different Been

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