George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.
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The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that. Of course, it's important to make a living and all that, but the main impulse as far as I'm concerned - and I'm sure as other writers are concerned - is to tell a story that I feel impelled by.
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Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.
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I'd say, if you want to be an artist, start with your art; start with making great music and it will, hopefully, eventually cut through all of the nonsense that is out there.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity.
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I'm blessed. I have a 13-year-old girl's eye and a 14 year-old boy's eye. I've been given the gift of sight by people who decided to donate organs. I try to do as much organ-donor work as I can.
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I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'
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And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
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At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run.
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Let's means-test benefits - let's means-test Social Security and Medicare and make the rich pay more for these benefits.
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I was very good in school, and my parents really would have really liked me to go to college. Instead, I went on this random journey to go be a professional wrestler.
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I would definitely go back and do theater; I talk about theater all the time.
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It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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If you're too free, you're like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic.
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The centuries-old habit of privileging the male heir arose because monarchs were supposed to lead their country in battle, and only men were thought strong enough to do so.
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A child can live with anything as long as he or she is told the truth and is allowed to share with loved ones the natural feelings people have when they are suffering.
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Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.
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It occurred to me that memorials shouldn't be grand. If you really want to honor the memory of a tragedy, you shouldn't create areas of calm reflection. You should make people uncomfortable. Put them in the shoes of those who perpetrated and those who suffered. Then ask, would they be able to forgive in these situations?
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To go from hating the way I looked to being a 'Cosmo' centerfold is a profound honor.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.
