George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
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Disciples of Keynes, who focus on aggregate demand, view any increase in household wealth as raising employment because they say it adds to consumer demand.
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It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination.
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I tried theatre. I played Miss Hannigan for a short run of Annie at a regional theatre. That was fun. I enjoyed it! I enjoy theatre and have so much respect for theatre actors.
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I was shot when I think it was number one. That was the catalyst for the interest in the show. Certainly it went on for a long time after that but that's what really kicked it off. Of course a lot of people watched it just because of the novelty of the situation.
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Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people.
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Some guys can do more talking in the ring, other guys do posing, body building, whatever the hell they do in the ring. But I don't have the big body, and I'm not the big smooth talker, but I can get in the ring and wrestle.
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Marriage is traditionally old-school in many respects. It is highly antiquated, and, that being said, beautiful.
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I had a pretty modest upbringing; it was no pleasure cruise. I don't think I would be as happy today if I hadn't been through that. It was tough; I made some bad choices myself.
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Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.
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I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most valuable customers, they are very underserved by cable and satellite television programming options.
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Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.
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Why do people stay in relationships that are tough from almost the very beginning?
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We're not earthly beings any more... we're cosmic beings.
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My concerts are about me being very private in public, but I'm very protective.
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Being beautiful isn't everything... Sometimes it's interesting to show how you feel on the inside on the outside, just through expressing yourself.
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I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can.
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I have literally played the most interesting parts since I turned 40.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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For some reason, it didn’t feel right. Victor’s words seemed to confirm that. There was another reason that he’d come here. Falling in love with Elizabeth might have been part of it. But that wasn’t all. Something else was coming. There is more.
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We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist.
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Is it a recent occurrence that women have tried to control when and if they reproduced? Absolutely not. By 2000 B.C., there was worldwide use of herbal potions to prevent pregnancy. Condoms were made from animal bladders.
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What I do is create an aura of mystery.
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An actress is not a lady; at least, when she is, she is not an actress.
