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  • George Eliot Errors look so very ugly in persons of small means - one feels they are taking quite a liberty in going astray; whereas people of fortune may naturally indulge in a few delinquencies.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Tom Stoppard Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?
    Tom Stoppard
    Czech Playwright (1937 - )
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  • Bobby Doerr Even after I played ten years of ball, I still felt like I had to play well or somebody might take my place. They had plenty of players in the minor leagues who were good enough to come up and take your job, and I think that kept us going all of the time. I hustled and put that extra effort in all of the time.
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  • Bjorn Lomborg Even if every major government were to slap huge taxes on carbon fuels - which is not going to happen - it wouldn't do much to halt climate change any time soon. What it would do is cost us hundreds of billions - if not trillions - of dollars, because alternative energy technologies are not yet ready to take up the slack.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Barbara Boxer Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Clarence Darrow Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Bob Woodward Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
    Bob Woodward
    American investigative journalist (1943 - )
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  • Benjamin Walker Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again.
    Benjamin Walker
    American actor and stand-up comedian (1982 - )
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  • Anita Desai Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made up my mind that this was what I love to do best and this was the world I was going to occupy.
    Anita Desai
    Indian novelist (1937 - )
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  • Bella Freud Ever since I was little, I really loved boyish clothes - I had a real obsession with strict clothes, like uniforms. They really got me going.
    Bella Freud
    British fashion designer (1961 - )
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  • Lenny Bruce Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.
    Lenny Bruce
    American Comedian (1925 - 1966)
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  • Bun E. Carlos Every musician in the known universe has signed a bad piece of paper, myself included. But it's really very simple. You're the artist. It's your picture that's going on the CD cover, nobody else's. Protect yourself. Get a good lawyer. You'll kick yourself later if you don't.
    Bun E. Carlos
    American drummer (1950 - )
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  • Brad Bird Every time I started going in the direction of thinking how it might turn out, I started to just turn my brain around and not go there, because I think the surest way to guarantee that you won't win is to assume that you will.
    Brad Bird
    American animator, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Elvis Presley Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.
    Elvis Presley
    American singer, musician, and actor (1935 - 1977)
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  • Bill Nunn Every time I work, it's an educational process because I learn by watching other actors. My career is always going to be an ongoing study.
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  • Barbara Kingsolver Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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  • Salman Rushdie Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far, the next one has always shown up.
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Bo Bice Everybody out there watches the show and has expectations of wanting to be an 'Idol', but we're going to teach them how much hard work goes into it.
    Bo Bice
    American singer and musician (1975 - )
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  • Brooke Shields Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it's the most selfish thing I've ever done. It's like, Okay, I'm going to create unconditional love for myself, and I'm going to need it and want it and ask for it every day, and I'm going to get it.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Barbara Corcoran Everybody thinks that they're going to time the market, they're going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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