George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The kitchen is where we deal with the elements of the universe. It is where we come to understand our past and ourselves.
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I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.
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Different races never fazed me because coming from Bethnal Green, I'd been around people of different races forever. Different class? That was much harder.
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I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.
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There is no sin coveting things are of no great use or profit, but would show out good and have some grandeur around them.
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Making a donation is the ultimate sign of solidarity. Actions speak louder than words.
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You never want to defend a joke. People get to choose whether or not to laugh and whether or not they think something is funny.
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But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time.
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Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
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To me the earth's most explosive and pernicious evil is racism, the inability of God's creatures to live as One, especially in the Western world.
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As the chosen people bore in their features the sign manual of Jehovah, so the division of labour brands the manufacturing workman as the property of capital.
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Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be?
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Science repulses the indefinite.
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Alfred Nobel, 'Aphorisms by Alfred Nobel'. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014.
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Tiesto is legend. I've been in the studio many times. We did a tour together; I jumped onstage with him, he jumped onstage with me. Still, every time, I have to pinch myself and realize this is the guy who made me start doing what I'm doing right now.
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For those of you looking for your action-packed read, check out 'Red Queen' by Victoria Aveyard and 'Vengeance Road' by Erin Bowman. One's a fantasy and one's a Western, but they both feature strong leading ladies and some harrowing twists!
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Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept.
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I was born in Norway, and when I was little I went to live in Detroit, Michigan. My father was a professor of philosophy at Wayne University, and my mother was also a teacher.
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I played college soccer before I was hurt, and just to be able to jump back into something that you could be so competitive at or you can achieve, to get to the Paralympics, that's the first really big achievement that you can have. It's the second biggest sporting event in the world. To be a part of it and to get a medal for that, it's unreal.
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I had moved out of the Edison Hotel because I couldn't pay the bill and was living at the Lincoln Hotel, where I couldn't pay the bill either, but it was cheaper.
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I started working in music very young, I was raised by a family of musicians and performers, so I guess it was more second nature than making an actual decision.
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There are two kinds of people on this Earth: Those who are content and those who are not.
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All the other industries will receive warmth and sustenance from khadi industry.
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I claim to be a conscientiously immoral writer.
