George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.
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All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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The company that creates one global social graph will be very important going forward. It will be Facebook, with maybe 2-3 local social networks able to sustain competition long term.
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I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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My favourite smell is horses. In fact, most of the time, I do smell like horses.
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Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this.
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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Americans are grateful for the connection and convenience their phones provide, helping them search for a lower price, navigate a strange city, expand a customer base or track their health and finances, their family and friends.
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There is no forgiveness in nature.
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Good asparagus needs minimal treatment and is best eaten with few other ingredients.
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I was crossing the English Channel with a carbon-fiber wing on my back.
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'Dead Aid' is about the inefficacy and the limitations of large-scale aid programs in creating economic growth and reducing poverty in Africa.
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When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, 'I have arrived.' Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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Do excellent work for Christ. So that's my heart. It's always been. And I want to be the best I can be. I want to make a difference in my generation.
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Come year-end, there will be more capital deployed in newspace in 2016 than 2015. I see that trend continuing for the foreseeable future.
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It is a very easy thing to devise good laws; the difficulty is to make them effective. The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous, or thinking that they can be made so by laws; and consequently the greatest art of a politician is to render vices serviceable to the cause of virtue.
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If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it.
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My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty.
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Elvis was a great guy. We'd just horse around together or go to see a movie. He drove me around Graceland in a golf cart. He was a fan of our music and was curious about how I sounded so black.
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Golf is typical capitalist luncay.
