George Bernard Shaw Quotes
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory.
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There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.
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With comedy, it's really hard to tell if something's working on the page - you really need the actors to bring it alive. The scariest part is if people will laugh or not.
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I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.
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Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.
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We think a modern cloud lets you decide when you want to upgrade. We don't decide for you.
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When my friends have a health concern, they call me. I've always been a vitamin taker. I also take digestive enzymes and antioxidants, and supplements that help with the thyroid and adrenals for my time-zone changes.
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Before I had a record deal, I was living in New York and playing anywhere I could, from somebody's house to an open mic to coffeeshops.
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Intimate scenes on a movie set are just dry, bizarre things; people standing around.
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Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the loss of 269 lives. They pay me to put some perspective on the situation.
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I stuck out more in an English public school than I would have had I marched in a May Day parade with the Red Army in Moscow or sashayed the Yves St. Laurent catwalk with supermodels or hunted seals with the Inuit or - well, you get the idea.
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I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
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I'd see an old person on the street and start crying. I couldn't understand how people could cope, knowing they only had so long left. It would be like dominoes and then the last one fell and I'm a little heap on the floor. Doctors put me on anti-depressants for a couple of years.
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There's no wrong way to experience a film.
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Smaller groups of people can establish trusting relationships.
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To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.
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The best thing I've learned is that you have to listen to your body, and you have to be your own physician. Don't ignore those little groaning aches and pains.
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So I have four daughters, about ten granddaughters, and five grandsons.
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When you're a songwriter, people wonder about your personal life and the meanings behind the songs, and that can feel pretty invasive, so you become protective about your inner world.
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As much as I want to help people, I had to accept the fact long ago that being stupid with money isn't illegal.
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It doesn't hurt me on a personal level, but it hurts me on a larger level of like, why are people so stupid? Why do we have to go through these unnecessary exercises. Fight crime, don't fight me. If you really want to make a difference don't fight me or Fugazi.
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A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.
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Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
