George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'
Quotes to Explore
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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Devo and The Cramps didn't get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn't get big until she moved to London. When I was growing up, there wasn't even a place to play - just one little bar. If we wanted to have a gig, then we had to drive 45 minutes up to Cleveland.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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The background of any artist is shaped by the first 15 years of his or her life.
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It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.
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When you are coming out, you say it's for you. But when everybody says it's not OK, it becomes about that rather than about you. It disappointed me.
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I've always said that I didn't want to be given a job because I was a female, I wanted it because I was the most well-qualified person for the job. And making certain that companies are going to move forward in that vein, that is what women want.
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Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'
