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We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#before #board #every #existence #five

Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#different #even #every #might #novelist

I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#i #reach #readers #regardless #written

I used to be and I still am into psychology. I would like to be able to pursue something like that, but I don't know. The older I've gotten, the more endearing this business has become and I can't really imagine leaving it. ↗

— Lindsey Shaw

#am #become #business #endearing #gotten

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#bathroom #down #every #forgotten #had

It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#attention #being #from time to time #head #heads

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department. ↗

— Robert Shea

#degree #department #every #extraordinary #happens

Even while we busily attend meetings, contribute money and perform our assigned tasks, we suspect that we may be helping to create a force that is inimical to many values we hold dear. ↗

— Robert Shea

#attend #busily #contribute #create #dear

To reject even one major tenet of the religion or to violate one major rule of behavior is enough to get one kicked out - or worse. ↗

— Robert Shea

#enough #even #get #kicked #major

Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it. ↗

— Jules Shear

#i #me #means #rewriting #rewritten