George Bernard Shaw Quotes
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.
Quotes to Explore
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
Karl Kraus
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We are all souls, and what I have learnt so far is that while God is male, the souls created by Him are female, so I always had women as my theme, as they are dedicated to Him.
Kailash Kher
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
Fabiola Gianotti
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
Madeleine Stowe
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
Abdullah II of Jordan
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The beauty of a Moroccan riad is undeniable, but even the most die-hard fan may find herself growing a little weary of what can come to feel like a one-size-fits-all aesthetic: tilework, white Berber rugs, woolen tribal throw pillows in reds and ochers, cut-metal lanterns.
Hanya Yanagihara
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We're living at a time where if you do a Google search for a 'show, review and network,' you'll get 'The New York Times' and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves.
J. J. Abrams
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
W. Somerset Maugham
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I grew up in a village of 12 houses. We had a well and a cow.
Olesya Rulin
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
Adam D'Angelo
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In his 4 years in the White House, President Carter worked to make the Federal Government more competent and compassionate and more responsive to the American people.
Nathan Deal
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I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
Kate Christensen
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A war still rages over the legacy of the 1960s.
Camille Paglia
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
Taylor Momsen
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Experimenting with your own life is the most fundamental medium we have.
Natalie Jeremijenko
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No two wars are identical.
Kate Adie
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When I started at Ricci, I did street wear for very cool, young girls, but the price point was for the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman next to Carolina Herrera. My cool girls cannot afford it.
Olivier Theyskens
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Love is a given, hatred is acquired.
Douglas Horton
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Actually, I never thought of me being president of Brazil. First of all, I'm not a politician. I never have been, and I think I'm a very unlikely person for this kind of job because of my frankness. I've never dealt with political parties. I have no connections with political parties. So, I don't think so.
Joaquim Barbosa
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If owning stocks is a long-term project for you, following their changes constantly is a very, very bad idea. It's the worst possible thing you can do, because people are so sensitive to short-term losses. If you count your money every day, you'll be miserable.
Daniel Kahneman
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I hate that when people are like, "Well, all dwarves know each other, right?" And you want to get mad, but you can't because we do.
Brad Williams
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I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me.
Elizabeth Moon
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People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.
George Bernard Shaw