George Bernard Shaw Quotes
My method of getting a play across the footlights is like a revolver shooting: every line has a bullet in it and comes with an explosion.
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The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
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The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
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The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
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I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic.
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As long I still have a breath left in me I will dedicate myself fully to China's reform.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.
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We're not a fragile people. We're not a frightful people. Our power doesn't come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don't look to be ruled.
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I enjoy stories about thin women - I read them frequently. I enjoy them; I root for those characters, but I always feel like there are enough of them out there and there are enough of them in the spotlight.
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What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and regional; it's not one particular set of sounds.
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It was a scene I was really looking forward to, and one that I embraced, and when we were filming it, George got closer and closer and closer with that camera - he was practically up my nose for the final shot. So I knew it was a moment that I had to do my best to get right.
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Straight up. You can't mess with Jay when it's time to come play.
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It was definitely some tough moments throughout my life, but I kind of stayed focused and came through the other end of the tunnel.
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Pizza was made for television in so many ways: it is easy to heat up, easy to divide and easy to eat in a group. It is easy to enjoy, easy to digest and easy-going. It is so Italian!
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People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I'm selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff... Chill out! And just enjoy yourself.
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I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.
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I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself.
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Forget your opponents; always play against par.
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I consider myself a method singer, not a method actor. I applied method acting to singing.
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One night I came home. I figured, let my wife come on. I'll play it cool. Let her make the first move. She went to Florida.
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My method of getting a play across the footlights is like a revolver shooting: every line has a bullet in it and comes with an explosion.
