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  1. George Bernard Shaw _ Mrs. Warren's Profession

    Everybody has choices, Mother. The poorest girl alive may not be able to choose between being Queen of England or Principal of Newnham; but she can choose between rag-picking and flower-selling, according to her taste. 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.
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  2. George Bernard Shaw _ Mrs. Warren's Profession

    There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.
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  3. George Bernard Shaw _ Mrs. Warren's Profession

    All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
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  4. George Bernard Shaw _ Mrs. Warren's Profession

    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.
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