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Activity is the only road to knowledge.
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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My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.
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