George Bernard Shaw Quotes
When will we realize that the fact that we can become accustomed to anything, however disgusting at first, makes it necessary to examine carefully everything we have become accustomed to.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
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The British have always made terrible parents.
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I prepare myself to fight; I prepare myself for myself.
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All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.
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I saw an interview that I did with someone, and I was horrified by it. And I said to my wife, 'This is unbearable how I talk.'
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Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
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Running for attorney general troubled me. Because I was worried I would simply become just a figurehead and that's not me.
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I'm a fairly ascetic person. And I do most of my writing at night. You don't get distracted, your brain goes into what you are writing about, into the world you're writing about, rather than into the world you're in.
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And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.
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I remember having this friend in school who said she didn't like the Beach Boys. And in that moment I knew we couldn't be friends anymore.
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I'm an actor, so I am always scared. You never know if you are on vacation or that you have been retired and they just didn't tell you.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.
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I'm 23 years old and still wearing pigtails.
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I've always embraced failure as a noble pursuit. It allows you to be anti whatever anyone wants you to be, and to break all the rules.
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I will never be a fan of any kind of political correctness: I think it's instant death to creativity.
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If you are interested in writing, get out and live your life! Do a lot. See a lot. Keep your eyes and ears open. Pay attention to the different ways people speak. Read lots of different kinds of books. And then try writing in different voices and styles - don't be afraid to experiment.
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Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.
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Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner, honest water, which ne'er left man i' the mire.
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I am the despair of my accountant; I am the plastic bags of receipts.
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Sometimes a man is intensely, even passionately, attached to suffering — that is a fact.
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He was conscious of the disastrous fact that love and desire must be expressed in the same way.
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When will we realize that the fact that we can become accustomed to anything, however disgusting at first, makes it necessary to examine carefully everything we have become accustomed to.
