George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.
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I was a Labour Party man but I found myself to the left of the Labour party in Nelson, militant as that was. I came to London and in a few months I was a Trotskyist.
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The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
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Death in its natural state can be very beautiful. When you think about a body that's died of natural causes - family taking care of it - all of that is very beautiful.
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Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman - not me, not Bill, nobody - more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America.
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In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise their religion everywhere.
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No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
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We can learn from everybody, man.
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The toxic effect of carbon monoxide on man has nothing to do with inhibition of cellular respiration by carbon monoxide but is based on the reaction of carbon monoxide with blood iron.
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A little jewellery on a man is OK, although he should never wear too much. Every man should always have a great watch.
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Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them.
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What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the center of that by taking big positions on a trading stance.
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I remember for my 18th birthday, I was going to get a tattoo, and I made the mistake of thinking I was a man and telling my father, and he was like, 'Oh yeah? You better tattoo a new address on your arm, because you're not living here!' And that was the end of that discussion.
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The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one man's conscience.
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The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.
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To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.
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Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others.
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The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.
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The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.
