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People must not be forced to adopt me as their favourite author, even for their own good.
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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Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.
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Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend - if you have one. Telegram inviting Winston Churchill to opening night of Pygmalion. Churchill wired back: Impossible to be present for the first performance. Will attend the second - if there is one.
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Your father is a fool skin deep but you are a fool to your very marrow.
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After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.
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