George Bernard Shaw Quotes
I am justified. For I chose wisdom and the knowledge of good and evil; and now there is no evil; and wisdom and good are one. It is enough.
Quotes to Explore
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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Are we a Christian nation now? It's doubtful. But did we start out as one? Without question.
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When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who colluded to destroy a series of tapes depicting Americans torturing war-on-terror prisoners.
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Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.
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If we want to talk about freedom, we must mean freedom for others as well as ourselves, and we must mean freedom for everyone inside our frontiers as well as outside.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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When I was in high school, I was doing all the plays. My drama teacher, Melody Duggan, was the one one who first made me do stand-up. She's the origin of the whole thing; it's all her. In high school in Denver, that was kind of the beginning of it all.
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We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now.
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People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it.
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You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.
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More is asked of you on stage. It's no way to make a living. But it's like a bullfight. You find out who can do it and who can't.
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I really love it in Belfast. I always stay in the most bombed hotel, the Europa!
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
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For me, it's really day to day. I don't really plan ahead and I like to be excited about what I'm wearing. Being on the road all the time, it's various articles of clothing that keep me inspired and feeling good. A fun or beautiful thing to wear can change your day. I think spontaneity and not adhering to any narrow styles keep me happy.
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The most important thing you can do when starting a business is surround yourself with smart people who know a lot more than you do in certain realms.
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I'm kind of scatterbrain and all over the place at times.
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Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.
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I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing.
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You know who's messianic? Netanyahu, because he talks that way. And that's a very risky position.
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I am justified. For I chose wisdom and the knowledge of good and evil; and now there is no evil; and wisdom and good are one. It is enough.
