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Quote by George Eliot
No story is the same to us after a lapse of time or rather we who

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. – George Eliot

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Im proof against that word failure. Ive seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. – George Eliot

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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. – George Eliot

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There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largeness and of love; and strength is often only another name for willing bondage to irremediable weakness. – George Eliot

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Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought. – Joseph Addison

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One must learn a different… sense of time, one that depends more on small amounts than big ones. – Sister Mary Paul

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I sacrifice in my love life and my social life, but those things will be there in three or four years. This is a really important time in my life. I cant just be the girl who sang I Kissed a Girl. I have to leave a legacy. – Katy Perry

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Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these theres time, the Bastard Time. – John Steinbeck

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Integrate purpose into your for-profit business model through a long term commitment to a cause that is aligned with your core values and those of your community. – Simon Mainwaring

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I instinctively dress a bit tougher because Ive spent a lot of time in the U.S. and I realised there was a certain image projected of me here. Ive always been an absolute rebel. When I was in my teen years I had piercings and wore all black. – Ellie Goulding

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Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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