Quote by George Eliot
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. - Ge

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. – George Eliot

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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

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Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree of misrepresentation than to attempt to remove it by the uncertain process of letter-writing. – George Eliot

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The principles that made this nation a great and powerful leader of the world, have not lost their meaning. They never will. We know we can bring this country back. Im Mitt Romney. I believe in America. And Im running for president of the United States. – Mitt Romney

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I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again. – Bill Maher

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Seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them. – Joseph Henry

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Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. Shes happy, shes thriving, shes full of self-confidence. I tell her shes beautiful every day before I send her off to school. – Lynn Johnston

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Whether you like it or not, youre forced to come to the realisation that death is out there. But I dont fear death, Im a fatalist. I believe when its your time, thats it. Its the hand youre dealt. – Clint Eastwood

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