George Bernard Shaw: The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that

The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want — George Bernard Shaw

The public want actresses, because they think all actresses bad. They don't want music or poetry because they know that both are good. So actors and actresses thrive and poets and composers starve.

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