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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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There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. – 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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Rome – the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar. – George Eliot

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When I was younger it was – you know, my dad dressed up in drag on Bosom Buddies. And that was what I was having to deal with at the time. And then around the time that I was into college was when he became statue-worthy I guess you could say. – Colin Hanks

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I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father. – Annette Funicello

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I love to cook. My dads a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too. – Olivia Thirlby

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Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law? – Dick Clark

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I hoped I could make people smile and laugh and have a good time. – Carson Kressley

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I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me. – Kurt Russell

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Its important to me to be in a relationship when Im in one, but Im not someone who needs to be in a relationship. – Rufus Sewell

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So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed. – Debi Thomas

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