Quote by George Eliot
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. – George Eliot

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Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least in this, that he would not have had to represent the truth of change –only to give stability to one beautiful moment. – George Eliot

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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. – George Eliot

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Nature
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Men must know their limitations. – Clint Eastwood

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I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes. – Ernest Hemingway

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Men know everything – all of them – all the time – no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are. – Andrea Dworkin

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Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence they go stark, raving mad. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. – Author Unknown

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The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books. – Stephane Mallarme

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If you have only 95 minutes of material, make an only 95-minute movie. Amazing how often thats forgotten. – Stephen Hunter

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Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us. – Robert S. Lynd

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