Jonathan Swift Quotes
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All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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I have no family to take care of and no children to pass wealth to.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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We need an unambiguous rule - a law - that nobody will step between the publisher and the consumer, full stop.
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None of us has any personal interest above the interests of the country. Our country is more important than our careers.
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We're both very very lazy, and having someone else do half the work is very convenient.
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My father has a manufacturing company in Kentucky, and he's an electrical engineer. A brilliant man. A brilliant businessman. So he understands the business aspects of my business very well. My dad and I always communicate when I have to negotiate a deal.
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Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
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In the dressing room, we've just made it really Zen: low lighting, lots of candles, and fresh, healthy food.
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The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.
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The FOMC has considerable control over short-term interest rates. We have much less influence over long-term rates, which are set in the marketplace.
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I have a huge ego - I know that. Do I worry about it? No, I think it's cool. I have a lot of fun.
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Any city in America would like to get a museum built if they didn't have to pay for it.
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I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country.
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Composers are always going back to the past.
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Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body.
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You have to just figure out how to let it roll off of you, because no matter who you are or what you do, somebody's always going to disagree with something that you're doing or saying or something that you think or believe.
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What is love ... Oh baby, don't hurt me ... Don't hurt me no more.
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On my birthday, I was in Milan for the collections.
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I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats.
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The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong, healthy relationship between government and business.
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Ah, a German and a genius! A prodigy, admit him!
