George Bernard Shaw Quotes

All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.

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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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When I was 10 years old, that nuclear spark hit me. Whatever it may be, I really don't know what it was about nuclear science, but whatever it was that triggered that interest, it stuck. I went after that one with a passion.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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There's no business like show business.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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Anything that's made by humans is about humans, whether it's about gods or aliens or anything; it's about some sort of expressive nature about us.
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
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I'll keep doing my training and I'm sure the goals will come.
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I got married quite early. And then I had a son. I had a family. And this may be hard to believe, but I am a complete family kinda girl.
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I take a certain pride in having maintained a reputation for fast copy throughout my newspaper career. Fast-breaking stories left my typewriter in a hurry. Not great literature, perhaps, but fast, and usually accurate.
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There are less than 1 per cent of anorexic girls, but there more than 30 per cent of girls in France - I don't know about England - that are much, much overweight. And it is much more dangerous and very bad for the health.
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With the scale of our traffic, content library and monetization ability, we are confident to see profitable growth in the future.
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Brad [Pitt] and I have never wanted our kids to be actors. We've never talked about it. But, we also want them to be around film and be a part of mommy and daddy's life, and for it not to be kept from it either. We just want them to have a good, healthy relationship with it.
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The process hasn't changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work.
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Better to be a first-class matchbox than a second-class match.
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You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver.
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All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.