George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn't take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him.
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I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities.
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I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!
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You see, at 25, I was very new to my craft. I was raw as an actor; my exposure was limited... No matter what field you are in, experience adds to your personality.
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We Franz Marc & Kandinsky thought up the name Der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) while sitting at a cafe table.. .Both of us were fond of blue things, Franz Marc of blue horses, and I of blue riders. So the title suggested itself.
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I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.
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In the federal confirmation process, a standard question from the judiciary committee is, 'Well, if you're confirmed will you legislate?' And, with a look of horror, the nominee says, 'Oh, I won't legislate.' Well, what about the law of contract and tort; where do they think it came from, the stork?
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I never expected I would be connected to the Alpha male as some kind of ancillary object, and to this day it mystifies me.
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Your average game show host on TV, for instance, doesn't believe himself to be banal. He actually thinks that he's quite interesting. And if you look at the viewing figures, so do an enormous number of people in this country.
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Hydration is really important, particularly as a beach volleyball player.
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I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do that at times. But even he has a hard time making 'The Appaloosa' a good movie.
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I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive as you and me, they are more alive. Becky Sharp, Elizabeth Bennett, and Don Quixote may not outlive the burning out of the sun, but they will certainly outlive the brief candle of our lives.
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I like the facts. I find them interesting.
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I simply loved education. I mean, I always loved acting as well. It really was a major passion for me, but one I felt I could only fully explore once I'd completed my degree.
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A rule against paid fast lanes would encourage additional capacity; a rule permitting paid fast lanes would simply encourage cable companies to create congested slow lanes on the Internet so they could make money by selling fast lanes to big companies.
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My boys told me they'd rather play than practice.
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Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.
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Promoters do not have a divine right to stay in charge regardless of how badly they mismanage an enterprise, nor do they have the right to use the banking system to recapitalize their failed ventures.
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I've always tried to put a little message in my music.
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I think I just have a different style.
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No bought potpourri is so pleasant as that made from ones own garden, for the petals of the flowers one has gathered at home hold the sunshine and memories of summer, and of past summers only the sunny days should be remembered.
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Whisky is liquid sunshine.
