George Bernard Shaw Quotes

There is in man a specific lust for cruelty which infects even his passion of pity and makes it savage.

George Bernard Shaw

• Passion
• Lust
• Pity
• Cruelty
• Infects

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• Dance and I are synonymous, and nobody can take away dance from my life. Also, I cannot look at dance in an inert way; it's my passion, and I get keen on being part of any show or film that has dance!

  

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• I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players.

  

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• Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

  

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• When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.

  

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• Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

  

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• Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion.

  

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• I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.

  

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• Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.

  

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• The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.

  

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• Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

  

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• It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

  

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• Never give up, have the passion. Don't be afraid.

  

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• Hiking is a great passion of mine, and I find myself picking up empty bottles.

  

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• The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it, and their mouths full of its praises.

  

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• Having passion does not mean you have to descend into bickering and fighting.

  

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• I've been recording forever. I'm a watcher. I'm a stalker. I love everything about people. It's always been a passion for me to observe.

  

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• Anyone can like their job... To love your job is not enough, you must give your passion to your job.

  

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• Whenever you have an ex, and they're like, 'I hope we can still be friends!' and you weren't friends before you started dating, then what do you go back to, really?

  

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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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• When I'm not writing or working on books as a publisher, I'm doing things that make me happy. One is skiing with my kids and husband. I love sports.

  

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• Usually when I finish the draft of a book, I'm sure I'll never write another one. I'm just that tired and sick of myself. But then another idea starts percolating. It usually begins with the narrator's name, then some idea that intrigues me about her life or situation. I try to ignore it as long as I can, because I know when I start writing, I'll be right back into it, every single day. But eventually, I just have to. It's a compulsion!

  

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• There is in man a specific lust for cruelty which infects even his passion of pity and makes it savage.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Passion
  • Lust
  • Pity