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The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve.
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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People must not be forced to adopt me as their favourite author, even for their own good.
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Nobel Prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.
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