George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
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I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canada and the United States has increasingly been found to prove valid internationally.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
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I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
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These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
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Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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I love the smell of Burger King when I ride past, but sometimes I have to avoid it.
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Don't let expertise fool you into seeing false boundaries or underestimating those with wild dreams.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.
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Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.
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I grew up with six girls and one boy, so my innate instinct of who I am - I'm the third oldest, and I helped raise all of my younger sisters. I just fall into that aspect - that motherhood - naturally.
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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
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Henny “was one of those women who secretly symphathize with all women against all men; life was a rotten deal, with men holding all the aces.
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Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
