George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.
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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
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There's no such thing as a non-final cut director.
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My grandfather allowed as how I might even live long enough to see a Mars landing. I haven't, of course, except in fiction, including my own, and strongly doubt that I ever will.
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I've eaten ice cream from all over the world, but until you've tasted Graham's from Geneva, Illinois, you haven't had ice cream at all.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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Trade agreements are important because they open up new marketplaces to small businesses, which ultimately translates into more jobs and greater economic growth.
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
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Stealing bases is just something I like to do. I figure if I can hit home runs and steal bases, I'd be different than everybody else.
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I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can't really move from it: it's on buses, in stores, it's everywhere. One of my kids has read the books; the other two are too small but they like the movies.
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Give me a highly successful unionized industry.
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I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.
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Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.
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As a Christian, Israel has a very special place in my heart. There's no question about that. I grew up with a Bible, and the back of the Bible has all these pictures of Israel in it. And so all these locations are incredibly significant to me personally in my faith.
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Growing up in Eugene, Oregon, there was everything from The Notorious B.I.G. to Weezer playing in my car.
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But the truth is, that when a Library expels a book of mine and leaves an unexpurgated Bible lying around where unprotected youth and age can get hold of it, the deep unconscious irony of it delights me and doesn't anger me.
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The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car.
