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George Bernard Shaw Quotes

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

George Bernard Shaw

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Man Doing Self-Respect Difficult Who

I don't really base any of my characters on specific people that I know, although my characters are informed by the kind of people who live in my community.

Live Community People Know Kind Who

I think the cartoons that they're children are watching, particularly 'The Simpsons,' they're OK. I think that the adult audience is making much too much of the danger that they imply. That's not the case. The danger for children today, honey, is the news. Keep them away from news on television.

Today Children Think Honey Too Much

Oceans of emotion can be transmitted through a text message, an emoji sequence, and a winking semicolon, but humans are hardwired to respond to visuals.

Emotion Through Respond Message Text

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

Great You Want Write Writer

Any time you can go out there and throw 12 pitches in any inning, you give your team some momentum coming in and get some confidence out on the mound.

Steve Clevenger

Confidence Time Team Momentum You

I think that people need to stand up with their backbone and not go to places where they feel like the workers aren't taken care of.

People Stand Up Think Care Stand Go

Congress created a safe harbor for defamation in 1996 and for copyright in 1998. Both safe harbors were designed to ensure that the Internet would remain a participatory medium of speech.

Internet Speech Congress Safe Would

I don't actually believe in the genre of comedy. Sometimes when I watch comedies, I can't see the soul of the show. I want to be able to laugh and cry. That is where the magic is. I'm trying to get to that place.

Soul Believe Laugh Comedy Magic Cry

We're a country of five-second sound bites and 30-second commercials. Eight years of one person is just too much.

Mitch McConnell

Country Too Much Person Sound Years

I went to NYU to study liberal arts.

Study Liberal Arts Liberal Arts NYU

The 1970s were so wonderful for women writers. There were all these women, and they were seen as doing the most interesting, innovative and exciting stuff in science fiction. I was inspired by that.

Women Science Interesting Doing Seen

When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I'd do unbelievable amounts of work.

Work Myself Child Short Weekend Up

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