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George Bernard Shaw

Film Performances:The Best of Friends, Irish Writers Awards Won:1925 - Nobel Prize in Literature - "for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty"1938 - Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay - Cecil Lewis/Ian Dalrymple/W.P. Lipscomb - Pygmalion Deceased: Died in Ayot St Lawrence on Nov 2, 1950 Personal Information: Bernard George Born on Jul 26, 1856 in Dublin Professions: Playwright, Critic, Writer, Author Nationality: United Kingdom Quotes: "People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." "Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it." "If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper -- and despise it."
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