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The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Act Decide Numerous Once Possibilities React

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Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Alliance Entered Man Marriage Open Shut Sleep Who Window Woman

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You see things; and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?'

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Dream Never Say See Things Were Why Why Not You I Dream

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Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Better Communism English Only Same Socialism

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There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Food Love Than

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Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Appointment Corrupt Democracy Election Few Incompetent Many

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It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Intelligent Intelligent Person Mark Moved Person Statistics Truly

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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Doing Honorable Life Making Making Mistakes Mistakes More Nothing Only Spent Than Useful

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Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Care Forced Get Like Take Take Care Will You

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Socialism, reduced to its simplest legal and practical expression, means the complete discarding of the institution of private property by transforming it into public property, and the division of the resultant public income equally and indiscriminately among the entire population.

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Among Complete Division Entire Equally Expression Income Institution Legal Means Population Practical Private Private Property Property Public Reduced Simplest Socialism Transforming

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Dramatist

Born: July 26th, 1856

Died: November 2nd, 1950

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