George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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I had set a goal of being a producer by 25.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic.
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Women drive box office.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking.
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I root for anyone who's got kids and if they want to make it work.
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We have to take care of ourselves if we are going to take care of anyone else properly.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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People forget actors can adapt and change their appearance. In this industry, people sometimes cast to type, or as close to type as possible, but actors are a lot more versatile than you think!
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You can go out in a good movie and look bad as well.
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Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.
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I could have probably been just as successful by not going to college, but it was the most intellectually stimulating environment that I was ever in.
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I think it is very important to build the moral fibre of the youth. Moral education should be part of the curriculum, and I will work towards introducing that.
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My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.
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It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York. We are in direct competition with the great orchestras in the world who come to play in our hall or in Carnegie, and we are constantly compared. I think that 's a good thing.
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Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesn't matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state.
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I was in one bar band from 1965 to '69, then I was in another one from 1970 to '79 - a 9-year bar band!
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I think the universe is pure geometry - basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time.
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They were the first ones to offer me a contract. I just wanted to hear from other teams. It was my decision. I liked Seattle the best. I like the people very much.
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One murder made a villain,Millions a hero. Princes were privilegedTo kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.
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The rich plankton of pop heroes and pop villains on which we Americans are accustomed to feed, the daily media soup of sports figures, ax murderers, politicians, and rock singers, the ever-running river of celebs, heavies, and oddballs that we use to spice up our own relatively humdrum lives has of late become a very watery gruel. Where have all the good guys and bad guys gone? Why does everyone out there look so gray?
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You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
