George Bernard Shaw Quotes

The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.

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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. I believe that patterns of emotional behavior are set down before adolescence. And I think that if you have not observed kindness, you will not recognize it. You have to experience kindness in order to be kind.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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You want to be smart. You don't want to put yourself in a position where you can't be there for the team when it comes down to the end.
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Having a son is not all pleasure.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous.
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I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo.
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LeBron James needs to go to another team with two superstars already so he can win a championship.
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I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.
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When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity - what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.
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It is the responsibility of all the Sudanese, especially the political leaders and the media, to strengthen social cohesion through the proper understanding of the dynamics of unity, if they really want our country to remain united.
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Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world.
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Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience; but these women of mine are honest, simple folk, unconcerned by any other interests than those involved in their physical condition. Here is another; she is washing her feet. It is as if you looked through a key-hole.
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I would suggest that just as women who make it in the world of business need male business mentors, perhaps men who make it in the world of emotions will need female emotional mentors.
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The class of 'No technical solution problems' has members. My thesis is that the 'population problem,' as conventionally conceived, is a member of this class.
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May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.
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I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again.
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The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
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The first colours which made a strong impression on me were light juice green, white, crimson red, black and yellow ocher. These memories go back to the third year of my life. I saw these colours on various objects houses and roofs, in Russia which are not as clear in my mind as the colours themselves.
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The only reason that there has been no sabotage or espionage on the part of Japanese-Americans is that they are waiting for the right moment to strike.
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The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.