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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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That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger. – George Eliot

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When my dad toured in 91, I think my first gig properly was the Tokyo Dome, 50,000 people indoors. That was pretty scary. I was 12, or 13. – Dhani Harrison

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My dads gay experiences really had a very positive influence on me and my straight relationships – how to better accept all the weirdness and ambiguity and ups and downs and paradoxes. I knew from the beginning I was writing about love. – Mike Mills

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