George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me.
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I've always performed. I've done plays at home.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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GIS, in its digital manifestation of geography, goes beyond just the science. It provides us a framework and a process for applying geography. It brings together observational science and measurement and integrates it with modeling and prediction, analysis, and interpretation so that we can understand things.
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Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
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The Department of Justice will continue to pursue those that travel to fight against the United States and our allies, as well as those individuals that recruit others on behalf of ISIL in the homeland.
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Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens. So we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to American citizenship.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.
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Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
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I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.
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In every generation, there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy.
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I think that success is having fun.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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One of the things that I tell beginning writers is this: If you describe a landscape, or a cityscape, or a seascape, always be sure to put a human figure somewhere in the scene. Why? Because readers are human beings, mostly interested in human beings. People are humanists. Most of them are humanists, that is.
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Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me.
