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The attribution to Shaw comes from Leadership Skills for Managers (2000) by Marlene Caroselli, p. 71. But this quote seems more likely to come from William H. Whyte.(2014-08-31), The Biggest Problem in Communication Is the Illusion That It Has Taken Place, work: Quote Investigator, retrieved: 2015-11-09
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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

— George Bernard Shaw

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." in the context of "The attribution to Shaw comes from Leadership Skills for Managers (2000) by Marlene Caroselli, p. 71. But this quote seems more likely to come from William H. Whyte.(2014-08-31), The Biggest Problem in Communication Is the Illusion That It Has Taken Place, work: Quote Investigator, retrieved: 2015-11-09" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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George Bernard Shaw

About George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist with a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory. He wrote more than sixty plays, including such works as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.