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George Eliot Quotes

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things.

George Eliot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Quality You Play Others Dead Own

My whole comic persona is that of a guy who explores the id: I romanticize gluttony, I romanticize laziness, and people identify with that.

Jim Gaffigan

People Laziness Guy Whole Gluttony

I'm not running away from the fact that I had previously said I did not contemplate a major increase, and that was a fair statement of the Government's state of mind at the time I made that.

John Howard

Time Government Mind Said Fair Away

Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is underestimated and oversimplified, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion.

Sri Chinmoy

Religion Down Poor Original Beside

Look at what has happened to Miami. It has become a Third World country. You just pick it up and take it and move it someplace. You would never know you're in the United States of America. You would certainly say you're in a Third World country.

Tom Tancredo

World Miami America You Look Know

The footballers' wives I know, they're teachers, midwives. They want to do something useful. One is working at my son's nursery, on her hands and knees, in Converse and jeans, teaching kids to count.

Louise Nurding

Son Hands Know Want Teachers Count

When I left the house to become an actress, my mother literally flung her body across the door and said, 'You're killing me!' It was a very strict household. That can be okay, but there was also no nourishment, either.

Loretta Swit

Mother Me Door You Body House

I've learned that you don't need a lot in life. If it can't fit into a suitcase, you don't really need it.

Joyce DiDonato

Life You Need Fit Suitcase Learned

I saw my potential as artistic director, which is very different from designer. Fashion companies might have $200 million to $300 million in annual sales - Hugo Boss has €2.5 billion. I have to create a world that is believable and also relevant in 7,000 sales points around the world.

Jason Wu

Boss World Fashion Potential Create

The act of writing surprises me all the time. A miraculous thing happens when you have an idea and you want to convert it into words... and then you start to create a work of art, and that's another miracle, and it remains mysterious to the writer, or to this writer anyway.

Janette Turner Hospital

Work Time Art Words Me Start

I collect craft. It inspires me.

Jonathan Anderson

Me Craft Collect Inspires

People think coming in under the radar is like being a fighter pilot and actually coming in under the radar. It's a completely ridiculous idea to come in under the radar. It's the Olympics; everyone is on the radar here.

Bode Miller

People Think Ridiculous Pilot Coming

Performing was terrifying.

Bryan Ferry

Performing Terrifying