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Quote by George Eliot
But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruou

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. – George Eliot

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To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. – George Eliot

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Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare ones self to do without it. – George Eliot

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No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. – George Eliot

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I havent been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been. Ive been very safe, very conservative with investments. I dont blow money. I dont have a ton of houses. I know things can go away. Ive already had that experience. – Jim Carrey

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Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself. – T. S. Eliot

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I dont think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because its our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us. – Hilary Swank

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I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to be progressive and at the same time we have to retain values. We have to hold onto the past as we explore the future. – Oliver Stone

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