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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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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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 love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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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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Over the years, the technology of trade has changed in response to advances in the ability to communicate. From its origins on the streets of Chicago, the Board of Trade moved to a building housing 'trading pits' for the open-outcry exchange by brokers representing buyers and sellers.
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You do get some weirdos, but if there are any nice people out there who want to write to me pleasantly, then they'll get a pleasant reply back!
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The march of good fortune has backward slips: to retreat one or two paces gives wings to the jumper.
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In a job negotiation, the implementation of that deal is your success that also causes the company to succeed.
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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.
