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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The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.
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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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When I was put in a situation where I'm going there, you have to look at the team and the possibility that hey, we can probably do some good things over there.
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Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.
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We need creative people working with broadcasters, making smart content to inspire people to be geniuses.
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I had no occasion for an apron on that morning.
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Our hope is in Christ, who started this good work in the first place. He is at work, right now, creating godly emotions in our hearts, and he won’t stop until our lives are bursting with beautiful, passionate, true feelings.
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The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.
