George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
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You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you how to act. You think, 'Do me a favour. Go and make a coffee.'
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I've always performed. I've done plays at home.
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We need to consider nominations as thoroughly and carefully as the American people deserve. No one is entitled to a free pass to a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
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I'm competitive. I don't like to lose.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
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I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness - that there is something wrong.
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My mum's really short so she always wears really tall heels, and I used to steal them and now it's just a part of my everyday life.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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I was a normal American nerd.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I have had luck with my St. Bernardino, not only with the experts, but with the public as well. Without any reservation, everyone is on my side. The King expressed his satisfaction before the whole Court.
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Following your heart's desire will lead you in the direction your spirit wants to go.
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I'd say I have more shoes than anything else; they're a good way to update a look. Bags and shoes - it's like decorating a cake.
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Who was wrong? Who was right?It didn't matter in the thick of the fight...
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The theatre world is so starved of funds, and that's unfortunately reflected in the pay.
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My way of joking is to tell the truth. It's the funniest joke in the world.