Jonathan Swift Quotes
It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.
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It wasn't easy to get here, and it will not be easy to take my title away from me.
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To set one's name to a work gives no one a title to be remembered, for who knows how many of the best of men have gone without a trace? The iniquity of oblivion blindly scatters her poppyseed and when wretchedness falls upon us one summer's day like snow, all we wish for is to be forgotten.
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When my title was taken away boxing died.
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Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
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Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.
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Sometimes something intrigues me about particular sounds, how they work together, and I think "Okay, I've found something here; I'm going to take it somewhere." And sometimes just to find a name for that sound, whatever it is, ends up becoming a title of the piece or becoming part of the title.
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Maxim is chilling out with age, like a good wine. He's a cross between me and Keith - when he's on stage he's got that theatrical edge, his commanding stature, people know he's in control of the mike.
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I will never be below the title.
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My favorite thing is coming up with titles. The majority of the songs I've every written I've always thought of the title before I've written the song.
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"I, Kim Taehyung the sin of Greed earnestly accept the title King Lucifer of the underworld. I pledge to be a great ruler of hell and a loving husband to my Queen" He announced as he looked at me smiling.
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I maintain that the maxim is still to be faster than the others.
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I see a lot of true artists... then you see them on the cover of Maxim. That's the lowest of low to me. I would never do anything like that.
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I want people talking about me as a great fighter - from being a prospect with the big pressure as soon as I turned professional, then going on to win the world title.
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My process with starting a new project and whatnot is I begin around a title. Usually, based off of just a title, I'm able to put together themes and concepts from there. I've always admired Hunter S. Thompson's titles for his books. They're always wordy and pretty elaborate.
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My faith is not identified by my title. My faith is identified by how I live. Wearing the uniform is not the same as playing the game.
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I'm so proud to bring the title of Miss USA back to Nevada.
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Nothing lasts in New York. The life that is lived there, however, is as intense as it gets.
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We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.
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My lyrics are a big pile of contradictions.
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A good night sleep, or a ten minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream, or all three together, is good medicine.
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I consume too much sugar. It’s a problem, I need to stop.
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It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.
