Jonathan Swift Quotes
When a real genius appeares in this world, you'll know him by the fact that all the fools have allied against him.
Quotes to Explore
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I would love to be a role model.
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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that you're connected to everybody else.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
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A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.
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Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children - nine for Victoria, 13 for George III.
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I guess music is very global.
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It's fun to present stories that have a character that, really, everybody wants to be.
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The funkiest housing in Holland is for low-income, and I think that's very nice.
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My style is definitely not ladylike - frills and bows kinda scare me - but I like the military look because I love that olive green khaki color.
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Is now the time to legalize prostitution?
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I'll use men's shirts, I love men's shirts, but you have to get them altered because they're shaped differently and I like them to be fitting.
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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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There's a lot of people I've encouraged and helped to get into the House of Commons. Looking at them now, I'm not so sure it was a wise thing to do.
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Oh, Mexico.It sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low.Moon's so bright like to light up the night,Make everything all right.
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Well, all the plays that I was trying to write … were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.
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I had my mouth done when I was 27. It was a botched job. Obviously, if I had liked my mouth I wouldn't have had it re-done.
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I often think that the last holiday is the greatest, but then some really stand out in my mind. One of the best was one my wife and I had in the Lake District. We stayed in a B&B and walked around the countryside for two weeks.
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It was a pass out into the flat. I saw the ball pop out and scooped it up on the first try. I got lucky.
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The dominant invades the entire picture, as it were. In this way I seek to individualize the color, because I have come to believe that there is a living world of each color and I express these worlds.
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Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it will hold: beauty at its most intense; love at its fiercest; the greatest grief; the greatest rage.
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I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.
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"You cannot believe what you are saying." "Well, no. Hardly ever. But the philosopher is like the poet. The latter composes ideal letters for an ideal nymph, only to plumb with his words the depths of passion. The philosopher tests the coldness of his gaze, to see how far he can undermine the fortress of bigotry."
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When a real genius appeares in this world, you'll know him by the fact that all the fools have allied against him.
