George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

George Bernard Shaw

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950

Topics

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I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 A.M. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.

Joan Didion

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A boycott is directed against a policy and the institutions which support that policy either actively or tacitly. Its aim is not to reject, but to bring about change.

John Berger

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The anti-big-government movement is pure. Its participants represent something close to what used to be considered normative in this country.

Andrew Breitbart

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My wife works harder than anyone else with the children around the house. I make the money, sure, but she does everything else.

Melissa Etheridge

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I am often compared to actors who were launched with me. I feel blessed with whatever I have got so far.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

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I miss L.A. because of the weather. It can change so much in Calgary. You can get a storm one minute, and then the sun will come out and it will be hot.

Dominique McElligott

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I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.

Diane Cilento

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When President Obama passed health care reform, it was personal! And when Governor Romney says he would repeal Obamacare and put insurance companies back in charge of a woman's health, that's personal too.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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Eventually, I realised that I wanted to try to create something myself, and that's what writing novels is. Not because I wanted to put myself in front of the world, but because I wanted to create something that would go out into the world.

Chris Pavone

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I won my first singing award with 'Auliya.'

Armaan Malik

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The linkage between tax rates and public services is, if not non-existent, negative.

Arthur Laffer

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Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

William James

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