Jonathan Swift Quotes
The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.
Jonathan Swift
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It's really sort of morbid, but she said her mother wanted to see me all her life. And when she died, she made just one request: that a picture of me be put into her casket. So somewhere in England, I'm in a casket.
Hank Snow
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Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies.
Najib Razak
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Oh, I was only twenty four hours from Tulsa,Ah, only one day away from your arms;I hate to do this to you but I love somebody new, what can I do?And I can never, never, never … go home again.
Hal David
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The First Amendment, I think, is the jewel of our Constitution.
Samuel Alito
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Every time we are confronted with a new revolution we take to the opium pipes of our own propaganda.
I. F. Stone
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Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.
Edward Gibbon
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During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games, batting practice, all that, so to maintain your shoulder the strongest is one of the key points that we focused on in the offseason.
Pablo Sandoval
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The problem is not that the PC you need always costs more than you can afford. The problem is that whatever the price, it is still too much.
David Hewson
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I don't paint anymore. I haven't since I abandoned it at 19, in order to begin writing seriously.
Jonathan Lethem
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Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.
Marianne Williamson
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May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.
William Shenstone
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The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.
Jonathan Swift