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Quote by George Eliot
All the learnin my father paid for was a bit o birch at one end an

All the learnin my father paid for was a bit o birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. – George Eliot

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How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot

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Rivers
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Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to it. – George Eliot

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I know my dad is a big Internet freak, and hes been known to be a Wikileaker. – Anthony Kiedis

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I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver. – Chely Wright

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I feel very warm towards Mum and Dad for giving us the independence they did. My childhood, and the fact we didnt have a TV, gave me a boundless imagination. – Dido Armstrong

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As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear. – David Crystal

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Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself. – Joseph Campbell

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It is better we disintegrate in peace and not in pieces. – Nnamdi Azikiwe

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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight he loses part of his future. Hes a step closer to the slum he came from. – Floyd Patterson

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The list of Irish saints is past counting; but in it all no other figure is so human, friendly, and lovable as St. Patrick – who was an Irishman only by adoption. – Stephen Gwynn

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