George Bernard Shaw Quotes

There are some men who are considered quite ugly, but who are more remarkable than pretty people. You often see that in artists.

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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
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We are a total of our sum parts, right? I came from a family of very strong women - black women. And if I go back as far as my great grandmothers, there was always that love and the ability to be nurturing. Then I grew up in a household where my father was the one who was more affectionate with me.
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Did I shop Kmart for clothing? No, I didn't. But I loved that I could be totally involved in the hangtags, the buttons, the commercials and with the designers. Something in my head said 'Yes.' I was adventurous.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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It is every intelligent man's experience that evildoing recoils on the doer sooner or later.
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
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I did charity events with the Cup all the time.
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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I have always loved music. My mom used to sing with my sister and I when I was younger, and I was in choirs and loved to perform, but when I was in college, I went on a study abroad to Trinidad, and while I was there, I sang backup at my first concert.
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At the end of the day I want to be the guy who experienced music in all type of ways, with hip-hop being the roots of it.
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We have met the enemy and he is us.
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When I look at music, everything is blurred, and I like it that way. I grew up like that, hanging out with different types of people who listened to so many different types of music. I never wanted to be part of any one clique. I loved it all.
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I think that an advanced planetary civilization will modify their own planets to be more stable, to prevent asteroid impacts and dangerous climate fluctuations.
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Cancer is really hard to go through and it's really hard to watch someone you love go through, and I know because I have been on both sides of the equation.
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Contrary to what many Westerners believe, Islam has a rich tradition of secular painting in spite of its ban on images. It is only in religious rituals that the use of pictorial representation is totally prohibited.
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Being a woman in music and having kids, it's very hard to do both without neglecting one a bit.
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There are some men who are considered quite ugly, but who are more remarkable than pretty people. You often see that in artists.