There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. – George Eliot
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
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. – George Eliot
And when a womans will is as strong as the mans who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment. – George Eliot
Having been blacklisted from working in television during the McCarthy era, I know the harm of government using private corporations to intrude into the lives of innocent Americans. When government uses the telephone companies to create massive databases of all our phone calls it has gone too far. – Studs Terkel