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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When I was asked recently if this speech had a title, I said ‘no it does not have a title.
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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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You never know how much time you got.
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I've never said that troops should be withdrawn. What I've said is, is that we've got to make sure that we secure and execute the rebuilding and reconstruction process effectively and properly, and I don't think we should have an artificial deadline when to do that.
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It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.