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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I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.
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Intuitive powers played a central role in my scientific work, not wild speculation, yet a valued resource when no other approach was available.
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The new fashion is to talk about the most private parts of your life; other fashion is to repent of your excesses and to criticize the drugs that made you happy in the other times.
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Our main concern is to reduce mercury. We look at it clearly as a toxic chemical. We've been doing more testing around the state in streams and lakes and fish, and we're finding more of it.
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The first time I ever saw Arnold Palmer, I said, There's a star. The first time I saw Jack Nicklaus, I said, Superstar. I feel the same way about Tiger Woods.
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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.
