We al have family disfunction. It's why we're successful, to fill that hole.

—George Bernard Shaw

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George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) 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. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman...

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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

—George Bernard Shaw

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

—George Bernard Shaw

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?

—George Bernard Shaw

While we don't have much say over the desires that we have, we certainly can decide which we prefer-and then search for ways to act on that basis.

—George Bernard Shaw

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

—George Bernard Shaw

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Caregiver: that word should weigh more than others on a page, sag it down a bit and wrinkle it, because the simple-sounding job frazzles as it consumes and depletes. Not that it's only gloomy. Caregiving offers many fringe benefits, including the sheer sensory delight of nourishing and grooming, sharing, and playing. There's something uniquely fulfilling about being a lodestar, feeling so deeply needed, and it's fun finding creative ways to gladden a loved one's life. But caregiving does buttonhole you; you're stitched in one place.

—Diane Ackerman

They say that blood is thicker than water. Maybe that's why we battle our own with more energy and gusto than we would ever expend on strangers.

—David Assael

I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society.

—Anna Quindlen

It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one!

—Ann Radcliffe

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

—George Burns

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