"Unless you are a Bernard Shaw you find a preface a most embarrassing business."

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Source : Stacy Aumonier (1921). “The Golden Windmill: And Other Stories”

Stacy Aumonier

#Bernard Shaw Quotes #Embarrassing Quotes

“It seems to me I spent my life in car pools, but you know, that's how I kept track of what was going on.”
“Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.”
“A child playing with dolls may shed heartfelt tears when his bundle of rags and scraps becomes deathly ill and dies ... So we may come to an understanding of language as playing with dolls: in language, scraps of sound are used to make dolls and replace all the things in the world.”
“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.”
“There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another...”
“Don't look back - you're not going that way.”
“A capacity for going overboard is a requisite for a full-grown mind.”

Source : Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books
“I know today that appreciating your own beauty does not come solely from therapy, make up application, or plastic surgery- although these things can help. Rather, it comes from a little door that opens in our minds and helps us celebrate our differences and find pride in our uniqueness.”

Source : Laura Mercier (2010). “The New Beauty Secrets: Your Ultimate Guide to a Flawless Face”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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