George Bernard Shaw Quotes
It is said that every people has the Government it deserves. It is more to the point that every Government has the electorate it deserves; for the orator of the front bench can edify or debauch an ignorant electorate at will.
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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Religion is such an important part of so many people's lives, and I don't understand it at all.
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Green, red, and mixed shades of haemins are known. If magnesium is replaced by iron in chlorophyll, green haemins are obtained. Their colour is due to a strong band in the red which is already recognized in chlorophyll.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear.
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The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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I've lost a lot of teeth and square yards of hide. But I've never lost my self-respect, and I've kept what I find in few men of my age - my enthusiasm.
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The truth is that at age 19, I was a teenage mother living alone with my daughter in a trailer and struggling to keep us afloat on my way to a divorce. And I knew then that I was going to have to work my way up and out of that life if I was going to give my daughter a better life and a better future, and that's what I've done.
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I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.
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I think there are some players born to play ball.
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Unfortunately, unlike when my parents grew up, you can't turn social media off. It's not like you can go home and avoid the bully's wrath. It follows you everywhere and is 24/7, and especially in the cases of assault that go viral. I mean, your worst nightmare is literally on the internet forever and that is a reality that very few people understand.
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There's this tendency to be like, 'Where's the negative stuff? How valid is the criticism?' But honestly, what people think of me is none of my business. If I live on the Internet looking for public approval, I'm going to be miserable.
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My agency in promoting the passage of the National Bank Act was the greatest financial mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly, which affects every interest in the country. It should be repealed, but before that can be accomplished, the people will be arrayed on one side and the banks on the other, in a contest such as we have never before seen in this country.
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I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.
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It is said that every people has the Government it deserves. It is more to the point that every Government has the electorate it deserves; for the orator of the front bench can edify or debauch an ignorant electorate at will.
