George Bernard Shaw Quotes
I exclude the hypothesis of complete originality on Charles Lever's part, because a man can no more be completely original in that sense than a tree can grow out of air.
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If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a 'Gone with the Wind 2.'
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When I got on stage, I would have a rush of adrenaline; everybody gets it. Normally after the first night it becomes more controllable, and as long as I could ride the wave, I was still in charge.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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Combining sounds that are from another universe with the classic songwriting structures never gets old for me.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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We just sort of thought a Web series would be a cool thing to be able to send to our parents to show them that we were, in fact, actually doing comedy.
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Are we like late Rome, infatuated with past glories, ruled by a complacent, greedy elite, and hopelessly powerless to respond to changing conditions?
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I'm most excited about all of the non-currency uses of the block chain's ledger-ordering ability. I have no idea which ones will turn out to be successful, but I'm glad all of that experimenting is happening.
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Strivers achieve what dreamers believe.
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I really am a woman at peace.
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I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.'
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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Shun all vice, especially card playing.
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There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at the beginning, and those are the 'Missing Link' books.
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No poem, not even Shakespeare or Milton or Chaucer, is ever strong enough to totally exclude every crucial precursor text or poem.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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Films are now made by accountants. They pick a pretty young female or male face out of the air and give them a part - not because they think that person is right for it or is ready for it, but because they think that person will make them money.
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I grew up watching my dad scout games live. They played on Saturday. Sometimes they wouldn't get the films until Monday. Sunday air shipping from wherever the college team was located - Starkville, Mississippi, or wherever the film was coming from. It took two days.
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Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the old parchments damaged by dampness, a livid flower had prospered, and in the air that had been the purest and brightest in the house an unbearable smell of rotten memories floated.
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Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.
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The biggest threat, when it comes to climate change and pollution, isn't going to come from us because we only have 300 million people. It's going to come from China with over 1 billion people and India with over 1 billion people.
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I exclude the hypothesis of complete originality on Charles Lever's part, because a man can no more be completely original in that sense than a tree can grow out of air.
