George Eliot Quotes

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.

George Eliot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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People's lives are boring.

Jimmy Kimmel

PeopleBoringLives

When you lay your life out there, you want it to be as true as possible.

Jim Morris

LifeYouWantTruePossibleOut

As a matter of fact, if you do not take into account, as Congressman Ross just stated, the Social Security surplus, our fiscal deficit, ladies and gentlemen, is over $700 billion today.

Jim Costa

TodayYouSecurityMatterOverTake

I would love to do more TV and do movies for the experience, but my ultimate focus is stand-up. It's the number one thing that I love most because there is nothing like being with a live audience.

Michael Che

LoveLiveExperienceFocusMovies

When you use God as an excuse to hate people and you use God as an excuse to cut people down, first of all, I think it's insulting to God.

Sophia Bush

GodHatePeopleThinkYouDown

When I was younger, I did my first audition at 'Eurovision.' I was about 17. After my first audition, I blacked out; I was just like, 'I can't do this.' I'm not knocking it or anything - it's been around for years. I'm just very, very happy I made that decision myself. I think that's one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Rita Ora

MyselfDecisionBestHappyThink

With Irish drama, things are told with humor.

Rory O'Malley

HumorDramaIrishThings

If I don't score, I try to give an assist; if I do score, I try to give an assist and score another.

Romelu Lukaku

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I play the ukulele. I have a great group of friends, and we do things like have battles of the bands - me sometimes on ukulele, but mostly on drums.

Mike Myers

GreatMeFriendsPlaySometimes

It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

QuestionsSkillsHimChiefConcern

Everything else was snarky and high concept, while 'Roseanne' was just a normal family.

Jonathan Krisel

FamilyEverythingHighNormalJust

But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.

Donna Tartt

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