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George Bernard Shaw was a 19th-century Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist. George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Education — The importance of teaching, learning, and intellectual curiosity

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“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.”
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“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.”
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“[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”
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“The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.”
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“The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.The poverty stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.”
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“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
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