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Quote by George Eliot
Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have nume

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each 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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Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive. – George Eliot

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Science
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You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. – George Eliot

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best
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No matter how close to personal experience a story might be, inevitably you are going to get to a part that isnt yours and, actually, whether it happened or not becomes irrelevant. It is all about choosing the right words. – Roddy Doyle

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Experience

People only talk about what a joyous experience it is, but there is terror: Your life, as you know it, is over. Its over the day that child is born. Its over, and something completely new starts. – Bill Murray

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Experience is a great teacher. – John Legend

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My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair. – Aeschylus

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On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesnt come naturally. Its all necessary stuff I suppose but its not my strength. – Naomi Watts

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There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear. – George S. Patton

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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. – Muhammad Ali

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Grammar: The grave of letters. – Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on R

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