George Bernard Shaw Quotes
That proves it's not by Shaw, because all Shaw's characters are himself: mere puppets stuck up to spout Shaw.
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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
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Being a gal, people can be a bit patronizing. 'Oh, look at you using the computer.' They would never say that to a boy. And I don't let them do it to me.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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L.A. makes you feel ugly.
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As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and deeply into our networked lives.
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As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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People want to imagine I spend every night going to premieres and putting on frocks and getting into limos, and yet I do that maybe twice a year, if that.
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.
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I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.
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I find it quite hard to sum up my relationship in a sound bite. I feel that it trivializes it for other people's pleasure. It's an adventure.
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And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee.
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I started quite young at school, compering a charity event at an old people's home. I would do stand up and impressions and enjoyed the laughter. It's very addictive. It's a lovely sensation to say something and hear a whole room laugh.
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My only plan every day is to get up and go to work, work hard and come back home. And whatever else needs to happen in my life will come in its own time.
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Well it's hard to remember who, but I drunk dial a lot.
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That proves it's not by Shaw, because all Shaw's characters are himself: mere puppets stuck up to spout Shaw.
