George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.
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Robots are good at things that are structured.
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Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.
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Everything begins with an idea.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.
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There's something about wearing clothes that your great-grandmother might have thought were nice that makes you look older.
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My soul is now her day, my day her night, So I lie down, and so I rise.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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We all accept the visual shorthand used throughout comics: if something's farther away, it'll be drawn with a thinner, simpler line, eventually leaving out most visual information and becoming a gesture, a skeletal representation of a thing.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
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Our main goal is to honor God and to honor this country by honoring and serving those families who serve.
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.
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Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
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The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.
