George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The great dramatist has something better to do than to amuse either himself or his audience. He has to interpret life.
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I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
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The only power you have is the word no.
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Thanks to 'A Prophet,' I'm known in a lot of countries.
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
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There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical.
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Things that came before, people and things and experiences – that does mean something to me. It doesn't mean I don't embrace the new, but I don't forget the past, either.
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A lot of times when you play... you get this adrenalin that blocks pain.
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The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.
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The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.
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I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good.
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I'm afraid of losing my sense of trying to always be better. I love competition against myself.
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The great dramatist has something better to do than to amuse either himself or his audience. He has to interpret life.
