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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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His honest, patronizing pride in the good-will and respect of everybody about him was a safeguard even against foolish romance, still more against a lower kind of folly. – George Eliot

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Patronize, Patronizing
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George Eliot
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Tis God gives skill, but not without mens hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivariuss violins without Antonio. – George Eliot

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Violins
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George Eliot
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When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity. – George Eliot

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Death
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The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world. – Christopher Meloni

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I feel that marrying younger and being quite a young dad helped me with the stability of my career. – Patrick Duffy

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I had the best of both worlds when I was a kid. Id spend a quiet week with my mum, then Id go to my dads property in the Adelaide Hills, where there were all these kids and animals running around. – Teresa Palmer

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I was always okay with the fact that I was taller and bigger than everybody else growing up. My mom, my dad, and my friends always told me I was beautiful. – Jordin Sparks

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You dont go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be. – Nigella Lawson

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To drink the sunshine and to dream at night…. – Author Unknown, “The Fall of Man”

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What do girls do who havent any mothers to help them through their troubles? – Louisa May Alcott

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mom

Even on cloudy days the sun waits to break through. – Daniel, @blindedpoet

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