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• George Bernard Shaw – select quotes

  
  Kevin Stilley Dot Com — Authority: 147
  . Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don’t sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon. ~ Character in George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion We learn from history that we learn ...
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• Quotations: Ouch! Words that hurt!

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 140
  Humour or hurtful? We have heard many a time that the pen is mightier than the sword. These quotes illustrate that words can be more hurtful than any weapon. The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, “If you were my husband I’d give you poison.” He said, “If you were my wife, I’d drink ...
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• Bernard Finel justifies our crusade in Afghanistan (insufficiently)

  
  Fabius Maximus — Authority: 536
  Today’s reading about the war“The Ethical Case for War in Afghanistan (is Strong but Insufficient)“, Bernard Finel (Senior Fellow at the American Security Project), at his blog, 23 November 2009.Bernard Finel responds to my mockery (here and here) of our crusade bringing human rights to Afghanistan.  Like ...
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• THOT 4 2 DAY — 11.24.09

  
  JonClaytonBizBlog — Authority: 136
  People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I do not believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, they make them. — George Bernard Shaw Share and Enjoy:
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• Lady Magnesia/Requiem | Classical review

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Hope University/Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool The Soviet composer Mieczysław Weinberg was close to Shostakovich – they shared the same Moscow apartment block. But that proximity was not enough to save him from obscurity: the short opera Lady Magnesia and grand choral Requiem presented by the Royal Liverpool ...
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• November 23, 2009

  
  DailyLearners.com — Authority: 129
  What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. - George Bernard Shaw more about Shaw
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• Mrs Warrens Profession

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  Richmond Theatre The times certainly do change. And then again, maybe they dont change as much as we would like to think. In Shaws 1894 play, banned for almost 30 years by a Lord Chamberlain who condemned it for being "immoral and improper", a clever young woman rejects her mother when she discovers that her ...
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• QOTD: Conviction

  
  In God We Trust Blog — Authority: 132
  Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. – George Bernard Shaw   Mail this post Technorati Tags: George Bernard Shaw , Patriotic Quotes , patriotism
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• Writing Quotations from Famous Published Authors

  
  Quips and Tips for Successful Writers — Authority: 410
  These quotes from successful writers are from my friend, fellow writing group member, and blog partner Gini Grey. Here, she quotes authors such as James Michener, William Faulkner, Aldous Huxley – and she adds her own “food for writers’ thought” at the end of each gaggle of quotations. First, one of my ...
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• November 18 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 446
  On November 18: 326 The old St. Peter’s Basilica was consecrated 1477   William Caxton produced Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres , the first book printed on a printing press in England .   Caxton showing the first specimen of his printing to king Edward IV and Elizabeth ...
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• The Criterion Collection – February 2010 Releases – Hunger, Lola Montes, Revanche, Make Way for Tomorrow, George Bernard Shaw on Film

  
  J!-ENT entertainment news pop culture TV music DVD Blu-ray reviews fashion celebrity USA Asia UK — Authority: 449
  HOWARDS END (DVD edition)The pinnacle of the decades-long collaboration between director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant, Howards End is a thought-provoking, luminous vision of E. M. Forster’s cutting 1910 novel about class divisions in Edwardian England. Emma Thompson won an Academy Award for her dynamic ...
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• George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion Classic drama Opens at Eureka College

  
  UwidoNews - Submitted news — Authority: 171
  “Pygmalion,” George Bernard Shaw’s classic drama and the basis for the Broadway musical and film “My Fair Lady,” opens Tuesday at Eureka College’s Pritchard Theatre.
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• Karan Singh honoured by New York varsity

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New York, Nov 7 (IANS) Karan Singh, president, Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR), was conferred with an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters by the State University of New York here Saturday.“As an internationally respected humanitarian and one of the most learned individuals of modern times, you have a ...
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• We preview the Shaw Festival’s 2010 season

  
  EMSWORTH — Authority: 108
  The poster for the original stage production of One Touch of Venus, the only musical on the 2010 playbill It’s not quite Kremlinology, but we like the challenge of trying to figure out what’s really going on at the Shaw Festival from the official clues. Now that its 2010 schedule of plays is out, we think we ...
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• Republicans Think We All Have Munchausen Syndrome: GOP Health Care and the Myth of “Overuse”

  
  Unsilent Generation — Authority: 422
  Earlier today I wrote about the Republicans’ claim that most Americans are “over-insured.” This, they say, is the real problem with our health care system, because it encourages people to have “unnecessary” and costly treatments. This claim, in turn, points to an enduring myth about health care that ...
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• Today’s Inspiration 11/4/2009

  
  Black And Married With Kids — Authority: 478
  Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.  -George Bernard Shaw
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• A note on religion, a faith for our time and every time

  
  Fabius Maximus — Authority: 536
  Religion is seldom discussed on the FM website, but plays an important role in an well-founded society. There are many levels of faith, but there is a foundation on which the edifice can securely rest: collective action against the chaotic forces of nature and man’s nature.As described in Act II of Major Barbara, by ...
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• Mrs Warrens Profession

  
  Conor's Commentary — Authority: 466
  To see a sparky Felicity Kendal in a new Theatre Royal Bath production of Shaws once controversial comedy about prostitution, Mrs Warrens Profession , last night. The play which tells the story of an independent-minded 1890s Cambridge-educated young womans discovery of how her largely estranged mother earns her ...
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• Quotes – Part 18 – History

  
  Running Wolf's Rant — Authority: 420
  var fbShare = {url: http://rwrant.co.za/2009/10/30/quotes-part-18-history/,size:small}It’s a shame that there aren’t that many people these days who are interested in history, especially the younger generation. Most of them are not interested on the course of events that has made the world what it is today. How ...
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• Ireland in The Heart of All Irish

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
            Ireland with its deep green hills steeped in history.  The land swallows up the memories of the dead and she holds onto her ancient history like a child holds onto her favorite doll.  Much blood has been spilt on the green earth and many have toiled through hard times.  Some left their homeland ...
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