George Bernard Shaw Quotes
Security, the chief pretense of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone's head.
George Bernard Shaw
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
Harry Browne
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
Rafael Nadal
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Although it is true that Hizballah is organized, inspired, financed, and armed by Iran, its main bases in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are under Syrian military control.
Yitzhak Rabin
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I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.
Yelawolf
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I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something.
Manuel Puig
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When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate animals are unknown. Then you realize that we live on a relatively unexplored plan.
E. O. Wilson
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I usually meditate twice a day: Transcendental Meditation.
Vanessa Bayer
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It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document.
J. Reuben Clark
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ISIS is on the offense, with the ability to attack at will, anyplace, anytime.
Jack Keane
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You know, Hollywood is a very interesting town - always has been, always will be.
Zachary Levi
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So this is the only TV show in America where I am quite confident that you, the audience, will share my excitement when I tell you that coming up in our next segment, we have the best graph ever. Best graph ever.
Rachel Maddow
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I have a rich, full, textured life.
Lainie Kazan
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I really think that as good of a job as you do as a writer, you're absolutely indebted to the actors that have to deliver that material.
Carlton Cuse
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I loved statistics from a young age. And I studied very much in Sweden. I used to be in the upper quarter of all courses I attended. But in St. John's, I was in the lower quarter. And the fact was that Indian students studied harder than we did in Sweden. They read the textbook twice, or three times or four times.
Hans Rosling
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Courts should always do the right thing. But if winning were as simple as making a good argument and filing a good brief, then we would have won the freedom to marry 40 years ago. We must put the legal work next to the public education work next to the legislative work next to the organizing work, and that's what's brought us so far.
Evan Wolfson
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
Otto von Bismarck
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Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.
Nicolas Gomez Davila
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Security, the chief pretense of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone's head.
George Bernard Shaw
