George Bernard Shaw Quotes

I aint such a mug as to put up my children to all I know myself.

George Bernard Shaw

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• Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

  

  Isaac Asimov
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  • Night
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• Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.

  

  Gary Ackerman
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  • Telling

• Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.

  

  Aaron McGruder
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• My dad grew up with an avocado tree in his backyard. My entire family, my wife and daughters, they love avocado. I may well be allergic. It makes me physically sick.

  

  Ted Cruz
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• Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

  

  Carl Jung
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• When life catches up with us, we all need space to dream and indulge, so I have created my own special range of bath & beauty loveliness to help you find your happy place.

  

  Zoe Sugg
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  • Up
  • Happy

• For being in a relationship or to be linked up with somebody, you need to have time. I hang out with my friends just at my leisure, but there's no time to get into any link up.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
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  • Time
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• A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.

  

  Mallory Ortberg
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• The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.

  

  Dan Buettner
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  • Yourself

• Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up.

  

  E. L. James
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• The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.

  

  Natasha Henstridge
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• I still have not given up the idea of becoming a journalist, but at 17 I decided to follow my heart and stay in Los Angeles with my girlfriend as opposed to going to Johns Hopkins.

  

  Mackenzie Astin
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• If you bet on Microsoft, you are not going to ask anymore, 'Hey, where is the innovation?' The challenge going forward is how do we keep up with it.

  

  B. Kevin Turner
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• One of the biggest mistakes people make when they cook for other people is to think that it has to be fancy and elaborate. This results in enormous expense and nine days of labor, plus you end up trying to assemble a croquembouche in front of your guests and everyone's experiencing flop sweat.

  

  Ted Allen
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• In America, any boy can grow up to become president. Or, if he never grows up, vice president.

  

  Pat Paulsen
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• I'm a California girl. I grew up in Inglewood right by LAX.

  

  Becky G
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• Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

  

  Francesca Annis
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• I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.

  

  Edith Piaf
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• I love working for myself. I've grown to dislike the Hollywood machine. Too much bull, disappointment, and quite frankly, untalented, mindless, and hugely disrespectful people involved in the process. I'll take carrying the load on my back, all the way up Everest if needed, to be able to steer away from it.

  

  Corbin Bernsen
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  • Disappointment

• He comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water, gets out of his grave and goes up off the Hill of Howth. What drivel is this?

  

  James Joyce
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• There is little or no point being chair of the Labour Party and being ignored when engaging with Labour ministers when you're trying to articulate something that affects ordinary people in society.

  

  Colm Keaveney
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  • Society

• To anyone who is homeless, I say, find a home.

  

  Ben Okri
  • Home
  • Homeless

• When you've played Buffy - who's such a strong female role model - it's really hard for another female character to compare to her.

  

  Sarah Michelle Gellar
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  • Strong
  • Female

• I aint such a mug as to put up my children to all I know myself.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
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