George Bernard Shaw Quotes
I had not achieved a success; but I provoked an uproar; and the sensation was so agreeable that I resolved to try again.
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Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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It's healthy to have interests besides books.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
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I would love to have my own fashion line because I love sketching.
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Well, I like chocolate stuff; I don't like any of that other gross sugary candy.
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives.
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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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You know what's funny? There's times when you catch a ball and really didn't even see that ball. You're like, 'That couldn't have been all me.'
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My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.
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The way I like to start a new project is to take a cover song and make a stab at it, ideally one that has nothing to do with the people in the room.
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There is no failure in God's will, and no success outside of God's will.
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I just kind of went into the blue-collar workforce at a really young age and discovered music, in terms of being a musician, around the same time. The good news is, I was probably 17 when I knew that's what I was going to do with the rest of my life, no matter what that meant.
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As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow is that when you get caught out, that proverbial substance really hits the fan.
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I had not achieved a success; but I provoked an uproar; and the sensation was so agreeable that I resolved to try again.
