George Bernard Shaw Quotes
The haughty American nation ... makes the Negro clean its boots and then proves the moral and physical inferiority of the Negro by the fact that he is a bootblack.
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I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
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My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.
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Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works.
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Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.
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Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.
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Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
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The situation in disability sport is growing, and girls like Ellie Cole are doing wonders.
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You could pack for a trip to Europe with the bags under my eyes!
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This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
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My dad is an English teacher, and my mom is a textiles artist. My parents made my sisters and me feel that if we wanted to pursue something creative, it could be done. They've always been supportive of everything from the beginning.
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If you are interested in writing, get out and live your life! Do a lot. See a lot. Keep your eyes and ears open. Pay attention to the different ways people speak. Read lots of different kinds of books. And then try writing in different voices and styles - don't be afraid to experiment.
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Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.
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The United Nations is committed to ridding the world of anti-personnel landmines.
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Age-class running, as you know, is completely unreliable. It's based on this artificial thing, which is that people who are the same age have the same level of physical maturity. Which just isn't true.
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I believe that a hundred years from now, when people look back at the 20th century, they will look at Miles, Bird, Clifford Brown, Ella and Dizzy, among elders as our Mozarts, our Chopins, our Bachs and Beethovens.
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I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.
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Writing is the process of asking the next logical question.
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Love tends to union with the object loved. Now Jesus Christ loves a soul that is in a state of grace with immense love; He ardently desires to unite Himself with it. That is what Holy Communion does.
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Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.
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It has been hard for me in a sense because from an industry point of view – I don't care if I'm from the 'X Factor;' I embrace the fact that I'm from the 'X Factor,' but other people don't embrace that.
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And a fact is the most stubborn thing in the world.
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The haughty American nation ... makes the Negro clean its boots and then proves the moral and physical inferiority of the Negro by the fact that he is a bootblack.