Quote by 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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How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot

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Rivers
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The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistorical acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs. – George Eliot

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Obscurity
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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when theyre gone. – George Eliot

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Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds. – Pearl Buck

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If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave. – Wayne Dyer

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Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire. – Anwar El-Sadat

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Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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True intelligence requires fabulous imagination. – Ian Mcewan

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Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded. – Mary Lou Retton

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Nevertheless most of the evergreen forests of the north must always remain the home of wild animals and trappers, a backward region in which it is easy for a great fur company to maintain a practical monopoly. – Ellsworth Huntington

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Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men. – Marilyn Monroe

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