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Quote by George Eliot
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. - George

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. – George Eliot

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More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. – George Eliot

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No story is the same to us after a lapse of time or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. – George Eliot

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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. – E. B. White

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The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. – Condoleezza Rice

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I dont get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, theres always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way. – Julia Roberts

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We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches. – Henry David Thoreau

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