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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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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Every time I go to the market, Andy says, 'Don't forget the Triscuits!'
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I get in fights with my sister all the time. She comes on the road with me and we fight - like sisters do.
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I look for a sense of reality with everything I did. I didn't work in a studio, I didn't light anything. I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn't have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me and £5 worth of film in my pocket or maybe it was only £2 in those days.
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When you feel great, you emanate a certain energy that translates as beautiful. I don't care if you have the standard beauty or not; it's that X-factor that comes through, and the basis of that is good health.
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If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
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I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.
