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Being Happy

jaishankar @else34 (13515) • New Delhi, India 29 May 17

When I want to go somewhere, I get up and go there. If I want to have a cup of tea, I have it. Perhaps it was George Bernard Shaw who had once said, 'If you want to be happy, be.' Is being happy so easy? Can you be happy at...

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Are You Effluent?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Feb 17

Before saying I've got it wrong, I hope you'll read to the end. And yes, I do have it wrong but intentionally. Gotta catch the readers' attention. Some phrases catch the imagination and become absorbed into a...

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Hard Work or is the Work Difficult?

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 4 Apr 16

“The British and Americans are two people separated by a common language.” ~ George Bernard Shaw I was chatting away with a fellow mylotter about the appalling text speech that is taking over the modern language and killing all...

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How does one pronounce 'Ghoti'?

loudcry @loudcry (1043) • India 10 Aug 09

Well, this is a good one. Ghoti is pronounced as fish! Here's how Gh is pronounced as the gh from enough O is pronouced as the o from women Ti is pronounced as ti from potion or nation. This word was created to illustrate...

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kavilpuppi @kavilpuppi (163) • India 9 Apr 07

one of the most distinguished writers of english plays ,books and articles.He was a poor Irishman who had to go to work as a clerk when he was fifteen.He wanted to be a writer so he quit his job and started to write. he intensely...

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The X factor

ajinder @ajinder (122) • India 16 Dec 06

Playwright George Bernard Shaw said, “Lack of X is the root of all evil.” Novelist Henry Fielding said, “Make X your god and it will plague you like the devil.” The French author Voltaire said, “When it is a question of X,...

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