Clean up G. B. Shaw quotes:

- fix missing punctuation,
- remove duplicates in fortunes2,
- don't abbreviate first names.

Remove duplication of Shaw's principle in fortunes2.
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Thomas Gellekum 2002-01-07 13:47:22 +00:00
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@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ A fool must now and then be right by chance.
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A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into
superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
-- G. B. Shaw
-- George Bernard Shaw
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A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block
of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an
@ -3148,7 +3148,7 @@ aloud what the country could do under first-class management.
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the
incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
-- G. B. Shaw
-- George Bernard Shaw
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Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you
don't think.
@ -6097,7 +6097,7 @@ was to go away."
"I never met a piece of chocolate I didn't like."
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I often quote myself; it adds spice to my conversation.
-- G. B. Shaw
-- George Bernard Shaw
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"I only touch base with reality on an as-needed basis!"
-- Royal Floyd Mengot (Klaus)
@ -9229,7 +9229,7 @@ NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Guiseppe? Everything he
says is wrong.
GUISEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says
will be right.
-- G. B. Shaw, "The Man of Destiny"
-- George Bernard Shaw, "The Man of Destiny"
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Nasrudin called at a large house to collect for charity. The servant
said "My master is out." Nasrudin replied, "Tell your master that next
@ -12501,7 +12501,7 @@ symposium to follow.
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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach
their children to speak it.
-- G. B. Shaw
-- George Bernard Shaw
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The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a
remarkable Christian forbearance among men.
@ -13906,8 +13906,8 @@ home."
-- Ken Olson, President of DEC, World Future Society
Convention, 1977
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There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it
-- G. B. Shaw
There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.
-- George Bernard Shaw
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There is no substitute for good manners, except, perhaps, fast
reflexes.

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@ -6354,10 +6354,6 @@ A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block
of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant.
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A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into
superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
-- G.B. Shaw
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A formal parsing algorithm should not always be used.
-- D. Gries
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@ -14325,10 +14321,6 @@ Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder
aloud what the country could do under first-class management.
-- Senator Soaper
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the
incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
-- G.B. Shaw
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Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who
will get the blame.
-- Laurence J. Peter
@ -14913,10 +14905,6 @@ Don't despise your poor relations, they may become suddenly rich one day.
Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time.
-- Lt. Col. Ollie North
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Don't do unto others as you would they should do unto you.
Their tastes may not be the same.
-- G.B. Shaw
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Don't drink when you drive -- you might hit a bump and spill it.
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Don't drop acid -- take it pass/fail.
@ -18605,12 +18593,6 @@ Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no.
-- J.R.R. Tolkien
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Go on writing plays, my boy. One of these days a London producer will go
into his office and say to his secretary, "Is there a play from Shaw this
morning?" and when she says "No," he will say, "Well, then we'll have to
start on the rubbish." And that's your chance, my boy.
-- G.B. Shaw to William Douglas Home
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Go out and tell a lie that will make the whole family proud of you.
-- Cadmus, to Pentheus, in "The Bacchae" by Euripides
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@ -21729,12 +21711,6 @@ I don't wish to appear overly inquisitive, but are you still alive?
I dote on his very absence.
-- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"
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I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on
earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has
succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a
goal in front and not behind.
-- George Bernard Shaw
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I drink to make other people interesting.
-- George Jean Nathan
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@ -27270,11 +27246,6 @@ when you know nothing about the problem.
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It is much harder to find a job than to keep one.
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It is necessary for the welfare of society that genius should be privileged
to utter sedition, to blaspheme, to outrage good taste, to corrupt the
youthful mind, and generally to scandalize one's uncles.
-- George Bernard Shaw
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It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children.
-- Kingsley Amis
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@ -32200,13 +32171,6 @@ Madam, I'm Adam.
Sit on a potato pan, Otis.
-- The Mad Palindromist
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NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Guiseppe?
Everything he says is wrong.
GUISEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency,
and then everything he says will be right.
-- G.B. Shaw
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narcolepulacyi, n:
The contagious action of yawning, causing everyone in sight
to also yawn.
@ -39055,10 +39019,6 @@ Shannon's Observation
share, n:
To give in, endure humiliation.
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Shaw's Principle:
Build a system that even a fool can use,
and only a fool will want to use it.
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She always believed in the old adage -- leave them while you're looking
good.
-- Anita Loos, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
@ -42236,10 +42196,6 @@ The English country gentleman galloping after a fox -- the unspeakable
in full pursuit of the uneatable.
-- Oscar Wilde, "A Woman of No Importance"
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The English have no respect for their language,
and will not teach their children to speak it.
-- G.B. Shaw
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The English instinctively admire any man
who has no talent and is modest about it.
-- James Agate, British film and drama critic
@ -44828,11 +44784,6 @@ is that the experience makes you wise.
The reason why worry kills more people
than work is that more people worry than work.
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw
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The reasons that each of these countries has had to renege on its
financial committments were all somewhat different: Argentina because of
a war, Poland because of its vast misguided overinvestment in heavy
@ -46732,9 +46683,6 @@ There is no royal road to geometry.
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There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
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There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.
-- G.B. Shaw
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There is no security on this earth. There is only opportunity.
-- General Douglas MacArthur
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@ -52199,12 +52147,6 @@ When there is an old maid in the house, a watch dog is unnecessary.
When things go well, expect something to
explode, erode, collapse or just disappear.
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When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane,
most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear
that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition
continuously until death do them part.
-- George Bernard Shaw
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When users see one GUI as beautiful,
other user interfaces become ugly.
When users see some programs as winners,