George Bernard Shaw Quotes
You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself.
Quotes to Explore
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We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
Garry Kasparov -
It's a character-builder to be a fan of the Chicago Cubs.
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I hope to work with kids any way possible.
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Distinction between person and office is wholly alien to the teaching of Jesus. He says nothing about that. He addresses his disciples as men who have left all to follow him, and the precept of non-violence applies equally to private life and official duty. He is the Lord of all life, and demands undivided allegiance.
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What's shocking is cruelty and torture, and that's become our entertainment. Kids can play violent video games, but God forbid they look at a naked woman. That's pornography, that's perverse. No!
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I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?
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I got all the respect in the world for the front-runners in this race, but ask yourself: If we replace a Democratic insider with a Republican insider, you think we're really going to change Washington, D.C.? You don't have to settle for Washington and Wall Street insiders who supported the Wall Street bailout and the Obamacare individual mandate.
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You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well hammered yourself.
