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Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of shakespeare and milton and the bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.
-George Bernard Shaw
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Remember That You Are A Human Being

George Bernard Shaw
Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of shakespeare and milton and the bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon.
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