“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.”

— GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Playwright · 1856 – 1950

Irish playwright and critic; author of Pygmalion; Nobel Prize in Literature 1925.

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