George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that of Nature, which in these latitudes leaves men no choice between labor and starvation.

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The glass is always half full: I have no time for anything negative - and actually, I've bought crystals for all my team, so they all carry crystals as well.
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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
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We never did these kinds of loans that really started this mess, the subprime loans. We just never got into that business. We were enticed a lot of times to do so by a lot of Wall Street-type players, but I, frankly, never understood some of this stuff.
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I'm a 'Bridesmaids' type of girl. I love silliness. That's who I am at heart, and I know I can do it. If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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One of the trickiest things about 'Game of Thrones' is just seeding those first couple of episodes with that basic information that people need to know, both about the world and the ground rules of the world, and the relationships between the characters, as far as who means what to whom and why.
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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
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Most actors are not rich - they are very poor indeed. What keeps them going is that they just love the job.
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What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.
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The photo is a thing in itself. And that's what still photography is all about.
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It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane - putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track.
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The best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.
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The principle aim of gymnastics is the education of all youth and not simply that minority of people highly favored by nature.
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No man can judge before the end.
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And the poem, I think, is only your voice speaking.
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I've just kept on ceaselessly painting in order to learn painting.
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For contemplation is both the highest form of activity, since the intellect is the highest thing in us, and the objects that it apprehends are the highest things that can be known, and also it is the most continuous, because we are more capable of continuous contemplation than we are of any practical activity.
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[Science is] the labor and handicraft of the mind.
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Leisure is pain; takes off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life!