George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed.
Quotes to Explore
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I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work.
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Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.
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It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.
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Something like 'The Matrix' would be ideal, something where it's super agents and wire work and special effects - not necessarily running from bombs and shooting people. Something more sleek, like an assassin.
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Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh... I follow so many hilarious women on Twitter. It's a daily reminder that women get to be funny.
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Don't get me wrong: there are some fantastic people who work at British Cycling who kept me together, who were there when I was struggling with it all. They were walking the same tightrope in many ways, because if you do speak up, your days are numbered.
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Suits are looked at more now as a business thing which is kind of a shame. If you're not wearing it just for work, you should try and trick it up a bit.
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You have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop renewable fuel, whether it's solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever.
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I think great artists have no time to waste with having disproportionate egos and irrational requests. They're too focused on their work to actually lose themselves in hysterical spirals where they become monsters or tyrants.
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The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it.
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I would love to work with Jack White or Kanye West.
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It is very difficult to work in another language, and it is also very challenging.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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I dance. A lot. I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
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I'm really kind of boring - I'd rather go to bed early and get up early because I really value my time off, my time away from work.
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Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living.
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I am guilty of using dollar signs as proof of a work of art's longevity.
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If life gives you lemons, don't settle for simply making lemonade - make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand.
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I'm not a religious person by any means. But I'm curious.
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It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high.
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It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable.
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The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed.
