George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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By 2022, China is expected to cede the dubious distinction of being the world's most populous nation to India, according to the population division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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I don't have mom issues or dad issues. I think I have found peace about many things in my past. I have forgiven and asked to be forgiven.
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It was only after university that I said to myself that I had to take the risk and have a serious go at acting. It's such a bizarre profession, because you have to be totally tough to deal with all those times when you're being turned down, and then really soft in order to access your character's emotions.
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I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I'm also the elite performance director of the Welsh FA. The main thing for me was always Liverpool Football Club and my country, Wales - and I'm lucky enough to still be involved with both of them.
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What joy would I get from putting the wrong person behind bars?
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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I am happy in Paris.
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Finney is about the best writer of time travel stories ever, and I adore time travel stories - have to make a time travel game someday!
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Every now and then, when I think about it, I think, 'What would I even talk about onstage?' It's never been, 'I wonder if I'm funny. I wonder if I can come up with jokes.' It's more, 'What would it be like without the leather suit and the anger?'
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A well balanced, inclusive approach, according to certain standards and ideals, is essential for the proper governance of any country.
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I am very sorry to say that I rejoiced when I once more perceived the towers of Windsor behind me.
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One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.
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I gave my heart to the Lord, and I remember the incident vividly. The Lord spoke to me. I know that sounds funny. It was not an audible voice or anything of that nature.
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I have to work things out by painting them. I can't just imagine what will happen. I have to do it and see it. That's the only way I find out if it will go anywhere.
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I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what I learned from Kurt Vonnegut was that I could write stories that say I may not have a solution, but this is wrong - that's good enough.
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It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.
