George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
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The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.
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Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.
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It seems that this situation is not restricted to science but is more generally human.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.
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A lot of people think theatre must be much harder work than film, but anything histrionic or superfluous gets seen on camera so you have to work to distil it into a complete sense of what's true.
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I'm confident and really optimistic.
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Well, I think the world changes around you - I think you don't change. That's as simple as that.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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I want my legacy to be about the soccer, and if I can help people be happier in life in any capacity, awesome.
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A pit bull is like a fighter. Every so often it needs to taste blood.
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I want Charo to live with me in my house. I want to have her in my pocket whenever I need cheering up.
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The United States will always be a global leader, and we need to actively engage the international community to make sure all citizens of the world live freely and equally under their country's rule of law. We cannot, however, afford to fight other nations' wars interminably or stabilize their regions.
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I think it's like, you know, you can't get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success or exposure or opportunity is going to really matter or be ultimately fulfilling unless you can be totally present in what you're doing right now.
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The start of a film is like a gateway, a formal entrance-point. The first three minutes of a film make great demands on an audience's patience and credulity. A great deal has to be learnt very rapidly about place and attitude, character and intent and ambition.
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It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to act. When you change, the environment will change. The power to change the world is found nowhere but within our own life.
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Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.
