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Love is a simple thing and a deep thing: it is an act of life and not an illusion. Art is an illusion.
George Bernard Shaw
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George Bernard Shaw
Age: 94 †
Born: 1856
Born: July 26
Died: 1950
Died: November 2
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A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.
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I have very carefully studied Islam and the life of its Prophet (PBUH). I have done so both as a student of history and as a critic. And I have come to conclusion that Muhammad (PBUH) was indeed a great man and a deliverer and benefactor of mankind which was till then writhing under the most agonising Pain.
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Get out of my way for I won't stop for you.
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What we are confronted with now is a growing perception that if we desire a certain type of civilization and culture we must exterminate the sort of people who do not fit into it.
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Vegetarians claim to be immune from most diseases but they have been known to die from time to time.
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Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that of Nature, which in these latitudes leaves men no choice between labor and starvation.
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Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
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The chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.
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Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt.
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The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all.
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I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul.
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Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.
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I can't control what life did to me, but I can control how I react. Therein lies the difference.
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O Lord! I don't know which is the worst of the country, the walking or the sitting at home with nothing to do.
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English is the easiest language to speak badly.
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Money is the counter that enables life to be lived socially it is life as truly as sovereigns and banknotes are money.
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All evolution in thought and conduct must at first appear as heresy and misconduct.
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