Jonathan Swift Quotes
The translators of the Bible were masters of an English style much fitter for that work than any we see in our present writings; the which is owing to the simplicity that runs through the whole.
Quotes to Explore
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I always get scared. I can't read scripts. I'm scared, scary movies and stuff.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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I'm not a fan of soccer, for sure not.
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Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going down the sinkhole with it.
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A woman may have a witty tongue or a stinging pen but she will never laugh at her own individual shortcomings.
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I'm going to try to tell stories and let each tale skate its own way into dark or light territory as the needs of the story steer me.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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In the past, kids didn't tell their parents they were gay, so there were never the bust-ups. Some parents react so strongly to the news that their children are gay that the reaction is, 'Get out of our house.' There's a residue of old prejudices that are going to die hard.
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Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.
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I wonder, 'Why did I do that line that way?' And I also constantly think I'm fat and hate my teeth. But I've gotten better over the years. I've started to accept.
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It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words, like 'What about lunch?'
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I have always liked a challenge.
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Integrity is the essence of everything successful.
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In the future, when we get serious about executing things correctly, this thing will be very easy to do. If we find out that this technique does not work, I don't intend to step on dead bodies to achieve something because I don't have that kind of ambition. My ambition is to help people.
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I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion.
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What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.
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I believe that a government has only one religion - India first. A government has only one holy book - our Constitution. A government has only one kind of devotion - towards nation.
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Management Providence , knowledge, and intention are not the same when ascribed to us and when ascribed to God.
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Εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερἔστω· μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν τεθνηκόσι·κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτιν᾽ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.
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Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn.
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I closely follow everything about user interface or human-computer interface: technology that makes computers closer to the way the human being actually functions.
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In order to stay clear of pain, we must know and know why we feel best while having pain.
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The translators of the Bible were masters of an English style much fitter for that work than any we see in our present writings; the which is owing to the simplicity that runs through the whole.
