George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still must close our minds for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions.
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The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.
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Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.
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One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
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Urfa chillies are a Turkish variety that are mild on heat but big on aroma. They're sweet, smoky, a lovely dark red, and go with just about anything.
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I'm kind of lax about hair in general. I stopped shaving my armpits in part to experiment with pheromones, but also because I just didn't feel like shaving them anymore.
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I was a little adult for my age as a teenager, and I didn't feel like I socially fit in with my peers.
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I'm less interested in how people are following each other and more interested in how they are following topics and tweets themselves. People are following more key words and concepts and more ideas and acting on those rather than individuals or organizations.
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The problem is that there is many great chefs and many great cookbooks, but none of them work at home.
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What Shakespeare was able to do in English he would certainly not have done in French.
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Equality in education is my number one battle.
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I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to the Hilton since Elvis had passed away.
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My diet is very kale-heavy. It's so nutrient-dense. I stay away from fake processed stuff.
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I loved anything to do with animals from a very early age.
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Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.
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You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.
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I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. I'm an escapist kind of writer.
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It's not my style to judge anybody.
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Portraying Pocahontas' story well was important to me because she was a real person and these were real events in her life.
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A truth discovered always seems so plain and simple that we wonder why the discovery was so long delayed.
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There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon.
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I grew up with 'Star Trek,' so to get to do anything in it was fun for me.
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There is a valid nationwide sentiment of concern over public pensions, and poor funding ratios are viewed negatively by financial markets.
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In some ways, I feel like I've always dabbled in nostalgia. It's just what I do; it comes naturally.
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The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still must close our minds for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions.
