George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.
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I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
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I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.
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Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and an affront to the international community.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
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I wrote this book, '2030,' and I was careful in the book not to overdo the future because I don't think it comes that fast.
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Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline.
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Scale can create value for shareholders; for consumers, who are beneficiaries of better products, delivered more quickly and at less cost; for the businesses that are our customers; and for the economy as a whole.
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You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to do a great job.
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Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
