“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”
Variant: If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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George Bernard Shaw 413
Irish playwright 1856–1950Related quotes
“Whatever pain you can't get rid of, make it your creative offering.”
Bittersweet, Chapter 3 at p. 56
“You don’t make America great by getting rid of everything that made America great.”
When asked if Donald Trump is racist.
Presidential campaign (April 12, 2015 – 2016), Democratic Presidential Debate in Miami (March 9, 2016)
Context: I was the first one to call him out. I called him out when he was calling Mexicans rapists.... His demagoguery, his trafficking in prejudice and paranoia has no place in our political system. Especially from somebody running for president who couldn’t decide whether or not to disavow the and David Duke. So people can draw their own conclusions about him. I will just end by saying this. You don’t make America great by getting rid of everything that made America great. I think it’s un-American. I think what he has promoted is not at all in keeping with American values.
Statement of the husband of the woman killed in the accident
Deadeye Dick (1982)
Newsreel interview by George Bernard Shaw entitled “Various Scenes with George Bernard Shaw,” Fox Movietone Newsreel (1931), referring to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency
1910s
