George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Once the divinity we worshipped made itself visible and comprehensible, we crucified it.
Quotes to Explore
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Pleasure unparalleled, into the ocean of love we fell. Swimming in the timeless currents of pure bliss, fantasies interchanging with every kiss.
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A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo's compliment and fishy as a chancellor's promise.
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We think we live in a global village. We don't. The world is a big and beautiful and incredibly varied place. It can only be known locally, with your two feet on the ground. We should stick to our own gardens, as Voltaire said.
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A man's heart is right when he wills what God wills.
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Everything hurt. I closed my eyes, pressing my cheek to the street, and waited. What for, I didn't know. To be rescued. Or found. But no one came. All I'd ever thought I wanted was to be left alone. Until I was.
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How sad it is when someone comes to you looking for Jesus and all they see is you.
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Trust is a great force multiplier.
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Volunteerism is vital in all times; it keeps our communities alive...and will make a difference in the lives of those who will come after us.
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I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Leaving each other alone was killing us.
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For me, architecture is a social act.
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If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.
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Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is about jobs and employment, education, the environment, and all of those things that go into making us healthy.
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It is one thing to want money-everyone wants more-but it is something entirely different to be worth more!
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When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is, and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life. Have fun, save a little money. That's a very limited life. Life can be much broader, once you discover one simple fact, and that is everything around that you call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you'll never be the same again.
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Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors - it's how you combine them that sets you apart.
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... the thwarting of the instinct to love is the root of all sorrow and not sex only but divinity itself is insulted when it is repressed.
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The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it.
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Once the divinity we worshipped made itself visible and comprehensible, we crucified it.
