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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In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. – George Eliot

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Nature
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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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I had my footballing heroes such as Bryan Robson and Diego Maradona but my dad was a rugby league star, and he was my real hero. But the relationship with my mum was rocky and we saw things that would affect any youngster. – Ryan Giggs

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The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. Its not really like my dad, but there will always be similarities because we have the same vocal cords, and I learnt the guitar the way he taught me. – Dhani Harrison

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One day my dad would say, OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out. And thats how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal. – Caroline Wozniacki

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I always wanted what Mom and Dad had. – Kim Kardashian

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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want. – C. Northcote Parkinson

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Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at Gods great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face,
tho they come from the ends of the earth! – Rudyard Kipling

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They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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