George Bernard Shaw Quotes

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

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Buildings are always better than drawings and models.
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I always watch the work I do.
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Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.
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There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much more rule-directed. Catholicism isn't something that they breathed in from their childhood, so they think that if you don't toe the line on abstract doctrine you can't be part of the Church.
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Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.
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I'm just in love with Burberry. Always have been, always will be.
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I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
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I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.
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I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
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I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.
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I know feeling pressure gets you nowhere creatively. You've just got to understand the character, understand the story, and just play it to the fullest extent.
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I was always very focused on how people dressed.
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
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I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.
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I think poetry's always a kind of faith. It is the kind that I have.
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I always have plans to return to the stage. I leave myself very open. I think what would be more likely is if I did a limited run of something, whether it be a play or a musical.
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I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard. And I always wear high heels on stage, which can be painful.
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I certainly think cameras ought to be in courtrooms.
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I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were.
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Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?
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What is this? It's music to get a brain seizure by.
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There is a magic in some books / That sucks a man into connections / With the spirits hard to touch / That join him to his kind.
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Right now, you've got three days between a trade and a settlement, with hundreds of millions in settlement risk tied up in that time. That all goes away in a blockchain system because you've reunited the trade with the settlement. They're not two separate processes.
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We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.