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It is not that I am so clever...

It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Both optimists and pessimists...

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Don't lose faith. Promise you...

Don't lose faith. Promise yourself that you will be a success story, and I promise you that all the forces of the universe will unite to come to your aid; you might not feel today or for a while, but the longer you wait the bigger the prize.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Our prejudices are so deeply ...

Our prejudices are so deeply rooted that we never think of them as prejudices but call them common sense.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

It is not disbelief that is d...

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

The great secret...is not hav...

The great secret...is not having bad manners or good manners...but having the same manner for all human souls.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Don't waste time collecting o...

Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

After all, the wrong road alw...

After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

People expect too much of one...

People expect too much of one year and too little of ten.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Only fools repeat the same th...

Only fools repeat the same things over and over, expecting to obtain different results.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

In the Middle Ages people bel...

In the Middle Ages people believed that the earth was flat, for which they had at least the evidence of their senses: we believe it to be round, not because as many as 1 percent of us could give physical reasons for so quaint a belief, but because modern science has convinced us that nothing that is obvious is true, and that everything that is magical, improbable, extraordinary, gigantic, microscopic, heartless, or outrageous is scientific.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

I'm sick of all the reasonabl...

I'm sick of all the reasonable people: they see all the reasons for doing nothing

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

All censorships exist to prev...

All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

After studying the Hungarian ...

After studying the Hungarian language for years, I can confidently conclude that had Hungarian been my mother tongue, it would have been more precious. Simply because through this extraordinary, ancient and powerful language it is possible to precisely describe the tiniest differences and the most secretive tremors of emotions.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Am reserving two tickets for ...

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.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Lack of money is the root of ...

Lack of money is the root of of all evil.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Man's inhumanity to man is on...

Man's inhumanity to man is only surpassed by his cruelty to animals

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

My religion? Well, my dear, I...

My religion? Well, my dear, I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

Life at its noblest leaves me...

Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannot endure it. Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intenser quality of life.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

I also made it quite clear th...

I also made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly feed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you like it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner; but whilst you were permitted to live you would have to live well.

George Bernard Shaw 1763 quotes

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....