George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The early Christian rules of life were not made to last, because the early Christians did not believe that the world itself was going to last.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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Kuhn was the intellectual of whom many scientists said he's 'telling it as is it is' insofar as talking about a process of 'tinkering' in terms of theory and experiment followed by radical changes. But often, what Kuhn had in mind were some very spectacular incidents in the history of the sciences that changed our way of looking at the world.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little longer, and the independence movement was always dictated in political terms, never in social ones. We borrowed terms, but we didn't understand them.
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I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.
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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
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Winning one league title at Roma, to me, is worth winning 10 at Juventus or Real Madrid.
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Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.
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My most useful acting tip came from my pal John Wayne. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.
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I don't really care what's going on I just care about getting my job done the best that I can possibly do and deal with the other things in my life that take a lot of time and a lot of thought.
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You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it.
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Our prestige abroad, what other peoples think of us, is not of importance only to those Americans who work or travel abroad. The sign 'Yankee go home' does not apply only to our diplomats, foreign-aid specialists, and military personnel who are stationed overseas.
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The early Christian rules of life were not made to last, because the early Christians did not believe that the world itself was going to last.
