Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that were so fond of it. – George Eliot
There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. – George Eliot
The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. – George Eliot
Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty. – George Eliot
The trick at Le Mans is to get the car in the window. Everything is critical: the tyre pressure, the brake temperature, and that means you have to push the car a lot to get it into the window – its about getting everything to work right and getting the car to flow through the corners. – Tom Kristensen