Jonathan Swift Quotes
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.Jonathan Swift
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
Varley O'Connor -
If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll. If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.
Karrie Webb -
The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
Dalai Lama -
I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
Gale Sayers -
If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our players participate because then it doesn't affect our season.
Gary Bettman -
When France was the only reference for chefs to learn, you could go everywhere in the world, and they would copy dishes directly because they didn't have much expanded imagination or technique or knowledge.
Daniel Boulud
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It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate.
Carl Hiaasen -
Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -
I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.
Mahesh Babu -
Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
Jack Nicklaus -
People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things - to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
Zig Ziglar -
There is nothing I'm any more passionate than empowering the next generation.
T. D. Jakes
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I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.
Zaha Hadid -
I always wanted to be a writer. Maybe, had I been brought up in another generation, I might have just gone into writing rather than medicine - which is not to say that I didn't also have a great attraction towards the idea of being a healer. Fortunately, I've been able to combine the two in ways I could never possibly have imagined.
Irvin D. Yalom -
I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
Odell Beckham, Jr. -
In my beginning is my end.
T. S. Eliot -
I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.
Gabriel Byrne -
I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model.
Candice Swanepoel
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In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a 'tea party.' And in open markets, individuals are free to buy and invest as they see fit.
Gary Hamel -
Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.
Questlove -
If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.
A. N. Wilson -
People don't care about questionnaires.
Larry Hogan -
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
Jonathan Swift