George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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I wouldn't say no to becoming a Bond girl. Making it in Hollywood has been my dream ever since I was little, watching Marilyn Monroe movies. To star in a Bond movie would be bliss on a stick.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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Prayer is man's greatest power!
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I think the secret is really observation. Well, if you observe what's going on and try to figure out how people are thinking, I think you can always write something that people will understand.
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The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.
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Except for some effects that I attribute mostly to age, my intuitive thinking is just as prone to overconfidence, extreme predictions, and the planning fallacy as it was before I made a study of these issues.
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When I made a big effort in '96 and it is not - I squeezed and I arrested a part of [terroristic groups].
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Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.
