Jonathan Swift Quotes
With a whirl of thought oppressed I sink from reverie to rest. An horrid vision seized my head, I saw the graves give up their dead.
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.
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A 'philosophical dictionary' is not a dictionary of philosophy that you use to look up obscure thinkers or recondite terms. It is a collection of brief and pithy essays on diverse topics, informed by one vision, and usually arranged in alphabetical order.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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I think people turn to poetry more often than they think they do, or encounter it in more ways than they think that they do. I think we forget the places that we encounter it, say, in songs or in other little bits and pieces of things that we may have remembered from childhood.
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I've learnt that it is important not to go over the top with aggression, because then either you are going to miss a lot of games, or you are not going to be concentrating on the game you are playing.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do?
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People aren't just paying more to fill their gas tanks or when they pay for their heating bills for their home; they are paying more at the grocery store, on air travel and for many other daily expenses.
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The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible - the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets.
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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
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Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality.
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Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a liberal and disinterested policy, enlightened by patriotism and guided by wisdom.
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Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.
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I have enough money for the rest of my life and enough to leave a good inheritance for our kids.
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If you want to see an endangered species, get up and look in the mirror.
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Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
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When we make the show, we are always talking about how the show is really in between what we make and what the viewer thinks of it.
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With a whirl of thought oppressed I sink from reverie to rest. An horrid vision seized my head, I saw the graves give up their dead.
