Jonathan Swift Quotes

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

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People believe what they want to believe.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it.
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I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
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A lot of guys go, 'Hey, Yog, say a Yogi-ism.' I tell 'em, 'I don't know any.' They want me to make one up. I don't make 'em up. I don't even know when I say it. They're the truth. And it is the truth. I don't know.
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Federal prosecutors want to indict Julian Assange for making public a great many classified documents.
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
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I want to go down in history.
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I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.
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I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.
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I want to play in the WBC. That was one of my goals to represent my country.
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Spitfire asked me if I had a problem talking about Van Halen or Extreme. I really don't. There are people who are just going to want to know what it was like to play with Eddie.
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You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.
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Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want.
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I don't really want to make this sound depressing, but I will say that I didn't really have my first kiss until really, really late.
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I want to just be what kids believe in.
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I've always been obsessed with style and glamor and if I want anyone to get anything out of my book, it's how we can all have them in our lives.
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Censorship is the thing that stops you doing what you want to do, and what writers want to talk about is what they do, not what stops them doing it.
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What do you want to get done? In what order of importance? Over what period of time? What is the time available? What is the best strategy for application of time to projects for the most effective results?
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As human beings, we are the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating and innovating sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors.
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I want to take piano lessons, I want to study at university, I want to travel, I want to do other parts, make another movie.
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I'm so happy and thankful I made it a point be a stay-at-home mom.
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My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.
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Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.