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Quote by George Eliot
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. - George E

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. – George Eliot

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Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night. – George Eliot

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Funerals
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. – George Eliot

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Hope
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didnt betray it Id be ashamed of myself. – Noam Chomsky

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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. – Lao Tzu

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When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued. – Julia Margaret Cameron

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Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. – Roland Barthes

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No one was more important than my mom and dad. I know they are watching from a place up in heaven here today to make sure all their kids are doing good. – Eddie Murray

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I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now. – Dominic Cooper

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