Jonathan Swift Quotes
... the atheists, libertines, despisers of religion ... that is to say all those who usually pass under the name of Free-thinkers.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country.
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A well-conceived product excels at what it does. It's close to being functionally flawless - like a Ziploc bag, a radio from Tivoli Audio, a Philips Sonicare toothbrush, a Nespresso coffee maker or Google's home page.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance with my principles - the principles that I live my life by which are universal principles and that are embodied in the religion of Islam.
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I never said half the things I said.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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If you see a player out in public having dinner, chances are he's with his boring money manager or some boring rich guy he hopes to design a golf course for.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and an accelerated growth rate that few could match.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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I was about 10 when I got into nuclear science. That was when that spark hit me. It took a few years of research, but when I was 14, I produced my first nuclear-fusion reaction.
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I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.
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I was on the cover of a lot of magazines, and there were compliments about beauty and fashion and what I was wearing. Man, if you get locked into that, you can lose your freedom as an actress.
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Each of us finds his unique vehicle for sharing with others his bit of wisdom.
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My father had spent years fighting cancer of the head and neck. He had numerous operations, and he was reduced and reduced and reduced. By the end, he had a growth so big under his eye that it hurt to look at him.
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I loved the idea of Travolta sitting on the kid's swing, pining away for his girlfriend.
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Hinduism has absorbed the best of all the faiths of the world and in that sense Hinduism is not an exclusive religion.
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My mantra is: 'Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas.'
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Directors only have instinct to work out of, because there is no formula. Formulas don't work. Actually, if you follow a formula, you will probably end up with a bad movie.
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... the atheists, libertines, despisers of religion ... that is to say all those who usually pass under the name of Free-thinkers.
