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Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#enough #few #imperious #instincts #make

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions. ↗

— Robert Shea

#becoming #frequent #including #jobs #keep

The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets. ↗

— Robert Shea

#ahead #another #bypass #chess #get

When we are happy, we forget to eat. Then happiness is a primary need, even more important for life than nourishing the body. ↗

— Rossana Condoleo

#happiness-as-nourishment #importance-of-being-happy #pursuing-happiness #soul-searching #life

It is instructive, for instance, to trace the computer industry's decline in vision, idealism, creativity, romance and sheer fun as it becomes more and more important and prosperous. ↗

— Robert Shea

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Perfect retention. I don't think I could do that-I've never disciplined myself to do it.I suppose a lot of it is a question of discipline. Which improvisation is not. ↗

— George Shearing

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It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer. ↗

— Norma Shearer

#anything #doer #get #impossible #inevitable

We'll see some simplistic players for a while, who'll then get into more complicated things and evolve with their instruments. This is a cycle that happens over and over again in music. ↗

— Billy Sheehan

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