George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
Florence Nightingale -
I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.
Cara Buono -
There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
Earl Weaver -
Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
Gail Simmons -
If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
Eddie Van Halen Van Halen -
We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right.
Wendell Mayes
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I've always wanted to be someone with credibility, and I want my food to speak for myself.
Aarti Sequeira -
I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
Sam Shepard -
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
Carl Sandburg -
Guitar Hero has been so successful that a lot of people were questioning how it was possible to innovate on the most successful franchise of its kind.
Dan Rosensweig -
I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
Dan Fogler -
You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.
Larry Flynt
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
Farrah Fawcett -
I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to think of the way that my brothers thought of their cross-country classes, or my little sister to dance classes and art classes, and it was something like that for me.
Mara Wilson -
People may think I'm crazy, but one of the ways I like to wind down my Friday is to get some of our household chores done, whether it's cleaning or doing a big food shop, so the house is all nice for the weekend.
Victoria Pendleton -
One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.
Daniel Berrigan -
He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves.
Lady Gaga
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With respect to those points, on which the declaration of Scripture is positive and decisive, as, for instance, in asserting the low antiquity of the human race; the evidence of all facts that have yet been established in Geology coincides with the records of Sacred History and Profane Tradition to confirm the conclusion that the existence of mankind can on no account be supposed to have taken its beginning before that time which is assigned to it in the Mosaic writings.
William Buckland -
Because Mr. Mandela's early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.
Aberjhani -
I learned a lot. I really did. Millennium is a state of mind. I always thought of Frank Black as the greatest chess player that could take random pieces of information and string them together into a scenario that was accurate. I never thought of him as a psychic at all. We need people like that.
Lance Henriksen -
A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
George Osborne -
I always felt like I needed to act. Not that I wanted to act, but I needed to. And I still feel that same way. There's an expression that I get to have in acting that I can't consciously express in my life. It has always defined me and it always will.
Dylan McDermott -
All progress means war with Society.
George Bernard Shaw