George Bernard Shaw Quotes
When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of proficiency, the latter has completed the education of a gentleman.
Quotes to Explore
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
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I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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Baseball is not a lot of statistics to me. It's blood and tears.
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I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
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You can't tag me as a regional actress.
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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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Golf is 90% mental. Once you know how to hold the club, swing it, it's all in the mind.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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There are lots of ways to make money in venture capital, and there are even more ways to be mediocre. The industry has too much money and too many smart people chasing too few great entrepreneurs.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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When I'm singing, I connect the dots with notes.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us.
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The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.
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I grew up at a time in Hawaii where there were trans women around, so there were visible role models for me. At the same time, as a low-income trans girl of color, there were so many things that I didn't have access to. I didn't have access to a great education. I didn't have access to affordable healthcare.
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I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don't recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man.
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When a man teaches something he does not know to somebody else who has no aptitude for it, and gives him a certificate of proficiency, the latter has completed the education of a gentleman.
