George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
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First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn't!
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Imagine what you desire. Will what you imagine. Create what you will.
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton. You may as well make it dance.
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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
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Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
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