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

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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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? – 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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Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through. – George Eliot

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I cant remember a major league game where I could make eye contact with my dad. I kept wondering if he was going to yell at me for hanging a pitch or something. – David Cone

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People who build family businesses are not classically trained. They have to deal with an enormous amount of politics. You think corporate politics are tough? Go work for your dad or your mom. – Gary Vaynerchuk

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And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently. – Paul Reiser

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One of the accidental joys of my writing life has been that Ive had some lovely, surprisingly good fortune with readers, and Ive brought readers to my dads work. I cant tell you the joy that gives me. Because my fathers work was masterful. – Andre Dubus III

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Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Philippians 4:4 – Bible

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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. – John C. Maxwell

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Womens issues have always been a part of my life. – Annie Lennox

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