George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.
Quotes to Explore
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Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.
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I'm not in favor of any discrimination of any form.
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I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form.
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Whenever a partnership is formed, there has to be a benefit to the partners; otherwise, they don't form it.
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
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One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.
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When you sing in English and Spanish, it's two completely different forms of expression and... even the people who don't speak Spanish love to hear me sing in Spanish.
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If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flattery, gifts, honours. If you want to make a wise man happy - improve yourself!
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The capital amassed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through various forms of slave economy is still in circulation, said De Jong, still bearing interest, increasing many times over and continually burgeoning anew.
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I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.
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Every photograph is a battle of form versus content.
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Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time.
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All forms of collectivism are mistaken, according to the human skull.
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The only possible form of exercise is to talk, not to walk.
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We are creatures of imitation. We find it hard to resist the temptation to do that which we see others doing.
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Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person; if her face is so shocking that she must in some degree be conscious of it, her figure and her air, she trusts, make ample amends for it.
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Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.
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The soul is the form of the body.
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Every artistic form reflects the dynamism that is constantly building up the life of feeling.
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In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.
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The world was not wheeling anymore. It was just very clear and bright and inclined to blur at the edges.
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Whenever you see want or misery or degradation in this world about you, then be sure either industry has been wanting, or industry has been in error.
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Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.
